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The biggest stone of the day fell on southwest Nebraska. Around 3 p.m. on July 27, 2026, spotters five miles south of Enders in Chase County measured golf-ball hail at 1.75 inches, reported through the National Weather Service office in North Platte (LBF) — the largest hail logged anywhere in the state that day. Five minutes later a 62 mph gust was clocked 18 miles northwest of Max in Dundy County under the Goodland office (GLD), and the complex held together into the overnight hours, peaking at 68 mph eight miles north-northwest of Danbury in Red Willow County just after midnight.
For Nebraska's southwest corner, this was the fourth severe round in twenty-five days — following three-inch hail at Stratton on July 3, hen-egg stones near Max on July 8, and golf-ball hail there again on July 10. The same system reached most of the state before it was finished. Hours before the southwest storms fired, a predawn downburst five miles north of Clarkson in Stanton County snapped healthy trees 12 to 18 inches thick, brought down power poles, and laid corn flat across a roughly two-mile radius, in damage relayed to the Omaha/Valley office (OAX). Evening gusts of 58, 64, and 67 mph hit near Dickens in Lincoln County — the county surrounding North Platte, not the capital — and a trailing 58 mph gust brushed four miles west-northwest of Lincoln itself in Lancaster County before sunrise.
Four rounds of hail in under a month is how a roof ages a decade in a single summer. Each pass pockmarks the granule surface a little further, works another seal strip loose, and leaves less mat underneath to absorb whatever comes next — and none of that reads as damage from the driveway. Southeast Seamless works in southeast Nebraska, hundreds of miles from Chase and Dundy counties, so nobody from our crews will be knocking on doors in Enders or Max. The lookup tool below is statewide, though, and for a southwest Nebraska homeowner it will map every storm that has crossed the address this season — which is exactly the record an adjuster wants in hand before a summer's worth of damage gets written off as ordinary wear.
Read about the Statewide, Nebraska storm above? Now find out how close it actually came to your address. Insurance companies want a specific storm and a specific date. Look up your address below to see exactly which hail and wind events passed over your home — so you can file with confidence, not guesswork.
Enter your address to see recent storms, how close they passed, and the exact dates — the same details your insurer will ask for.
Not every storm is worth a claim. As a rule of thumb, it's worth having us take a look if all three of these are true:
Here's where the Statewide, Nebraska storm caused the most damage. If you're in or near one of these towns, get your roof checked.
Golf-ball hail measuring 1.75" fell five miles south of Enders around 3 p.m. — the largest stone reported in Nebraska on July 27.
A 62 mph gust hit 18 miles northwest of Max, the fourth time severe weather has found this corner of the state in twenty-five days.
The day's peak wind: 68 mph measured eight miles north-northwest of Danbury as the complex pushed through just after midnight.
East of the hail core near North Platte, a station just northeast of Dickens clocked gusts of 58, 64, and then 67 mph in the evening.
A predawn downburst five miles north of town snapped trees 12 to 18 inches in diameter, downed power poles, and flattened corn across a two-mile radius.
The system's trailing edge reached Lancaster County before dawn, with a 58 mph gust — right at the National Weather Service severe threshold — measured four miles west-northwest of Lincoln.
Lincoln storm helpSevere weather rarely respects town lines. Southeast Seamless inspects and repairs storm damage across these nearby communities, too.
Storm damage often hides until the next heavy rain. Here's what to check after a hail or wind event — or let us do it for you, free.
In Nebraska you typically have a limited window — often one to two years from the date of the storm — to file a hail or wind damage claim. Document damage early, before the deadline and before the next heavy rain turns a hidden bruise into an interior leak.
Yes. Spotters five miles south of Enders measured 1.75-inch golf-ball hail around 3 p.m. on July 27, 2026, in a report logged by the National Weather Service office in North Platte. It was the largest hail reported anywhere in Nebraska that day.
68 mph, measured eight miles north-northwest of Danbury in Red Willow County just after midnight. Gusts of 67 mph near Dickens in Lincoln County and 62 mph northwest of Max in Dundy County followed close behind, and a predawn downburst near Clarkson snapped 18-inch trees without a gauge nearby to measure it.
Yes, and that is the real risk in southwest Nebraska right now. Hail damage is cumulative: stones that split a few shingles in one storm leave thinner, more brittle material for the next. A roof struck in July 3, July 8, July 10, and again July 27 can fail well before its rated lifespan, even while looking sound from the ground.
Just barely. The system's trailing edge produced a 58 mph gust four miles west-northwest of Lincoln before dawn — right at the 58 mph threshold the National Weather Service treats as severe, but far short of the day's peaks out west. Southeast Nebraska escaped the hail entirely; the damaging weather stayed in the southwest and northeast corners of the state.
Yes. Southeast Seamless provides free, documented roof, gutter, and siding inspections across Lincoln and southeast Nebraska. July 27's winds were marginal in Lancaster County, but if this storm followed earlier hits on your neighborhood, we will walk the roof and hand you dated photos for your insurer. Call (402) 265-3017.
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