Wind gust 58 mph
1 E Bethune Kit Carson County
“WeatherLink. BrewerWX. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Kit Carson
Hail in Bethune · May 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Bethune has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 0.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
0.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Bethune saw the hail — from two instruments
May 9, 2026 · Bethune, CO
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
0"
The storm in context
Where May 9, 2026 sits in Bethune's hail record.
This was Bethune's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 14th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bethune at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bethune: the same system put hail over 268 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Burlington (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Idalia (31 miles northeast, up to 1"); Goodland (35 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Bethune 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
1 report 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.
Wind reports
1 reportBelow the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Bethune roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Bethune hail history
Other storms in Bethune.
14 recorded storm days in Bethune, CO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Aug 26, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Aug 19, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Jul 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Jun 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Jun 22, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Jun 8, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
May 29, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
May 21, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
May 17, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
May 16, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
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.