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When severe weather hits our service area, we track it against official NOAA storm data and break down exactly where it struck. If a storm hit your town, your roof may have damage you can't see from the ground — and we'll inspect it free.
Call (308) 991-3358 for a Free InspectionThe spring of 2026 brought one of the most violent stretches of severe weather our service area has seen in years — across both Central Nebraska and the Colorado Front Range. In a matter of weeks, a string of storm systems dropped hail the size of tennis balls and baseballs and drove wind gusts that flirted with 100 mph. Below is the rundown, and you can read the full town-by-town report for each event.
It opened on May 16–17, when supercells hit two areas at once. To the east, tennis-ball hail (2.50") and a confirmed EF0 tornado tore through Deshler and Thayer County. Further west, a destructive 94 mph gust slammed Holdrege and Phelps County, with golf-ball hail in Lexington.
The pattern wouldn't let up. Late May and early June brought 85–91 mph winds to the Lexington, Elwood, and Johnson Lake area, and then a two-night windstorm hammered Alma and Harlan County on June 8–9 with back-to-back 79 mph gusts and 86 mph at nearby Orleans.
The season peaked on June 10–11, when a complex of storms produced a 98 mph gust near Heartwell and baseball-size hail (2.75") across Kearney, Phelps & Buffalo Counties— Minden, Holdrege, Funk, and Elm Creek all took direct hits.
Colorado wasn't spared either. On June 8, a hailstorm rolled off the Front Range and pelted the foothills with golf-ball hail (1.75"), hitting Evergreen, Golden & the Jefferson County foothills along with Kittredge, Lakewood, and Wheat Ridge.
The pattern carried straight into late June. It opened June 20–21, when tennis-ball hail and a brief tornado ran from Stratton to Hastings. Then on June 25, half-dollar hail and a 69 mph gust hit Gothenburg, Cozad & the Dawson County corridor. Farther out, a violent outbreak dropped baseball-size hail on Scottsbluff, Grant & western Nebraska from June 22–25, and softball-size hail (4") plus a tornado tore across Sterling, Fort Morgan & the eastern Colorado plains from June 20–25, with destructive 96 mph winds at Akron. The Front Range got one more round on June 25–26, with golf-ball hail at Berthoud and quarter-size hail across Littleton, Westminster & the west Denver metro.
The storms kept firing on June 27. Out on the eastern Colorado plains, an EF0 tornado touched down near Kit Carson, Cheyenne Wells & the southeast plains, with a 78 mph gust at Firstview. The same evening, a 91 mph gust at Cody and golf-ball hail raked Hay Springs, Alliance & western Nebraska.
Many roofs across the region absorbed back-to-back punishment in a matter of weeks — and a lot of that damage isn't visible from the ground. If your home sits anywhere in this corridor, it's worth a free inspection before the next heavy rain finds the weak spots.
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Severe storms rolled across Nebraska's southwest corner on the evening of July 27, 2026, dropping golf-ball-size hail (1.75") in the Enders Reservoir area between Imperial and Wauneta and driving a measured 62 mph wind gust through northern Dundy County. Golf-ball hail is well past the size where roof damage begins — and much of that damage doesn't show from the ground. For a lot of Chase County homeowners, it's the latest in a punishing summer.
A fast-moving complex of severe storms swept across central and eastern Nebraska the evening of July 8, 2026, driving an 85 mph wind gust at Aurora and 74 mph winds through Chester on the Kansas border, with 69–70 mph gusts raking Columbus, Blair, Hampton, and Richland. Wind that strong lifts and creases shingles, tears off ridge caps, and pulls gutters loose from the fascia — and for Thayer County it was the second damaging-wind hit in less than a week.
A quieter but still damaging round of storms crossed western and north-central Nebraska on July 6, 2026, with two separate 69 mph severe wind gusts — one near Lisco in Garden County and another near Wood Lake in the Cherry County Sandhills. Winds that strong lift and crease shingles, tear off ridge caps, and pull gutters loose from the fascia, and the damage often isn't obvious from the ground.
Fourth of July storms hammered west-central Nebraska and the Sandhills the evening of July 4, 2026. The worst hit Paxton, where supercell storms dropped tennis-ball-size hail (2.50") right along I-80, and the damage spread north and east overnight with golf-ball hail at Mullen, walnut-size hail at Stapleton, and a 68 mph wind gust at Scotia. Hail that large cracks shingles and shatters vinyl siding in a single pass — and much of the damage never shows from the ground.
Southwest Nebraska got hammered again overnight on July 2–3, 2026. Supercell storms dropped hail up to 3 inches across — bigger than a baseball — in and around Stratton, drove a 74 mph wind gust through Wauneta, and dropped half-dollar hail on North Platte. It's the third round of large hail to hit the Stratton–Wauneta area in barely two weeks. If you own a home anywhere in this area, a lot of that damage won't show from the ground.
Severe storms swept across Nebraska the evening of July 3, 2026. The hardest-hit corridor was Thayer County, where an EF0 tornado touched down at Hubbell and 69 mph wind and half-dollar hail raked Chester and Hebron. Golf-ball hail then fell near Lincoln at Roca and Palmyra, and an 84 mph gust and more hail hit Hyannis and Hay Springs out west. If you own a home anywhere along these paths, a lot of that damage won't show from the ground.
June 30, 2026 was a violent day across Nebraska. In the center of the state, a supercell buried Scotia and the North Loup valley under hail up to 3 inches across — bigger than a baseball. About a hundred miles to the northeast, a separate line of storms drove a 116 mph wind gust near Norfolk that destroyed a well-anchored carport, with damaging hail and wind through Hadar, Hoskins, and Newman Grove. If you own a home anywhere along either path, a lot of that damage won't show from the ground.
A fast-moving line of severe storms swept along the northern Nebraska border on June 28, 2026, driving 72 mph wind gusts at Naper in Boyd County and Aten in Cedar County, while a separate round of storms dropped 2" hen-egg hail on Hay Springs out in the Panhandle. Wind that strong tears at shingles and rips gutters loose, and hail that size cracks shingles and shatters vinyl siding — leaving damage that often isn't obvious from the ground.
Supercells raked the eastern Colorado plains on June 27, 2026 — an EF0 tornado touched down west of Kit Carson, a second tornado was reported near Las Animas, walnut-size hail (1.50") fell at Cheyenne Wells, and a 78 mph wind gust was clocked at Firstview. Colorado leads the nation in hail-damage claims, and the combination of large hail and 70–80 mph wind leaves roof and siding damage that often isn't visible from the ground.
A fast-moving complex of storms swept across western and north-central Nebraska on June 27, 2026, driving a 91 mph wind gust at Cody, dropping golf-ball hail (1.75") on Hay Springs, and raking Alliance and Merriman with 69 mph winds. Wind that strong tears at shingles and rips gutters loose, and golf-ball hail cracks shingles and shatters vinyl siding — leaving damage that often isn't obvious from the ground.
A two-evening hail stretch worked the Denver metro and Front Range on June 25–26, 2026 — golf-ball hail (1.75") at Berthoud and quarter-size hail across Littleton, Dakota Ridge, Westminster, and the Jefferson County foothills. Colorado leads the nation in hail-damage claims, and even quarter-size stones bruise shingles, strip granules, and dent metal — often leaving damage you can't see from the ground.
Severe storms rolled across the Dawson County corridor on June 25, 2026, dropping half-dollar hail (1.25") right in Gothenburg, driving a measured 69 mph wind gust through Cozad, and pelting Elwood with quarter-size hail. Wind-driven hail like this bruises shingles and tears at gutters — and a lot of the damage doesn't show from the ground.
A violent stretch of severe weather battered western Nebraska from June 22–25, 2026, dropping baseball-size hail (2.75") in downtown Scottsbluff, tennis-ball hail across Gering, Mitchell, and Grant, and a measured 89 mph wind gust near Grant. Stones this large crack shingles, dent metal, and shatter vinyl siding in a single pass — and much of the damage hides until the next heavy rain.
A multi-day siege hammered the eastern Colorado plains from June 20–25, 2026 — softball-size hail (4") near Joes (among the largest reported anywhere in Colorado all year), 3" hail at Sterling, baseball-size hail and a tornado near Fleming, tennis-ball hail at Fort Morgan, and repeated destructive winds gusting to 96 mph at Akron. Colorado leads the nation in hail-damage claims, and storms this violent destroy roofs, siding, and vehicles in a single pass.
A line of severe storms swept across southern Nebraska on June 20–21, 2026 — starting with tennis-ball-size hail and a brief tornado near Stratton on Saturday evening and ending with rounds of damaging hail across Hastings and a 77 mph wind gust near Doniphan early Sunday. If you own a home anywhere along this path, your roof, gutters, and siding may have damage that isn't obvious from the ground.
A fast-moving line of severe storms tore across Central Nebraska on June 10–11, 2026, driving wind gusts measured up to 98 mph and dropping hail as large as baseballs from Kearney County into Phelps and Buffalo Counties. Minden, Holdrege, Funk, and Elm Creek all took direct hits. If you own a home in this area, your roof, gutters, and siding may have damage that isn't obvious from the ground.
A two-evening windstorm struck Harlan County on June 8–9, 2026, driving back-to-back wind gusts of 79 mph at Alma and a peak gust of 86 mph at nearby Orleans. Wind at those speeds tears at shingles, rips gutters loose, and breaks the adhesive seal that holds shingle tabs down — leaving roofs vulnerable even when they look fine from the ground.
A fast-moving hailstorm rolled off the Front Range on June 8, 2026, pelting the Evergreen area with golf-ball-size hail (1.75") and dropping hail across Golden, Kittredge, Lakewood, and Wheat Ridge. Colorado leads the nation in hail damage, and stones this size crack shingles, dent metal, and split siding — often leaving damage you can't see from the ground.
Severe storms rolled through Thayer County, Nebraska on May 17–18, 2026, dropping tennis-ball-size hail on Deshler, spinning up an EF0 tornado near Hebron, and driving winds over 80 mph through Chester, Carleton, Davenport, and Bruning. Hail that size cracks shingles and shatters vinyl siding — and a lot of the damage hides until the next heavy rain.
Severe storms swept across Phelps County, Nebraska on May 16–17, 2026, driving a destructive 94 mph wind gust right at Holdrege — one of the strongest measured anywhere in the region all spring — with 85 mph at Wilcox and golf-ball hail in Lexington. Wind that strong peels shingles, tears gutters off fascia, and leaves damage that often isn't obvious from the ground.
Storm data sourced from the NOAA Storm Events Database and National Weather Service local storm reports. Reported magnitudes reflect official measurements and trained-spotter reports near each town.