Wind gust 58 mph
1 E Bethune Kit Carson County
“WeatherLink. BrewerWX. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bethune May 9, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
Largest hailstone
0"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
0
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 12th most severe storm Bethune has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
0.2 /10
- Hail size
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Bethune saw the hail — from two instruments
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
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
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"
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 12th of the 12 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 (13 miles southeast, up to 1"); Idalia (19 miles northeast, up to 1"); Eckley (25 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Bethune's May 9, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
What people on the ground reported
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 reportWhat 0" hail means for Bethune roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
Track hail over Bethune on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Bethune storm history — this May 9, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Bethune hail history
← All hail in Bethune 12 recorded storm days in Bethune, CO
Other storms in Bethune
Jul 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
Jun 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 22, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 8, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.5"
2
ground reports 
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 29, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 21, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 17, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.