Hail size 2"
7 SSW Bethune Kit Carson County
“Spotter reports measured 2-2.25 inch hail near Bethune... CO. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Kit Carson
Hail in Bethune · Sep 19, 2026
Hit 2 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 113
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Sep 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Bethune has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 41 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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
Sep 19, 2026 · Bethune, 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
2.5"
The storm in context
Where Sep 19, 2026 sits in Bethune's hail record.
This was Bethune's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bethune at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bethune: the same system put hail over 336 other tracked cities, 27 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Stratton (11 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Vona (11 miles west, up to 2.25"); Seibert (19 miles west, up to 2.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 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
2 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 3"
7 SW Bethune Kit Carson County
“Delayed report. Spotter reported 3 inch hail. (GLD)”
— 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.
Hail was reported over 34 minutes, from to .
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Bethune roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
113 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.4M
Potential roof exposure — 113 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 113 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $24 on top of the $150 plan.
Bethune hail history
Other storms in Bethune.
17 recorded storm days in Bethune, CO
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NEXRAD surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Sep 20, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
Sep 18, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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 →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethune / CO
May 9, 2026
1 ground report 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 Sep 21, 2026.