Hail size 1.5"
6 SSE Watkins Arapahoe County
“(BOU)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Arapahoe
Hail in Bennett · Aug 22, 2026
Hit 21 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 690
Ground reports 4 2 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Bennett has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Bennett saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 22, 2026 · Bennett, CO
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 22, 2026 sits in Bennett's hail record.
This was Bennett's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bennett at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bennett: the same system put hail over 501 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Watkins (8 miles west, up to 1.75"); Aurora (20 miles west, up to 0.5"); Castle Rock (28 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Bennett storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
4 reports filed with the NWS
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
5 SSE Watkins Arapahoe County
“Time estimated from radar. (BOU)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 60 mph
6 S Manila Village Arapahoe County
“Weather Station XL131. (BOU)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 70 mph
6 SSE Watkins Arapahoe County
“Time estimated from radar. (BOU)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Watkins and Manila Village — beyond Bennett itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Bennett roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
690 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$8.3M
Potential roof exposure — 690 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 690 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $145 on top of the $150 plan.
Bennett hail history
Other storms in Bennett.
15 recorded storm days in Bennett, CO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Aug 26, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Aug 14, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jul 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jul 28, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jul 10, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jul 8, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jul 7, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jun 24, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jun 20, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jun 8, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
Jun 1, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2.5"
6 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
May 30, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bennett / CO
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 27, 2026.