Hail in Bethune · Sep 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bethune that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 15th most severe storm Bethune has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 22 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bethune, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 20, 2026 sits in Bethune's hail record.
This was Bethune's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bethune at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bethune: the same system put hail over 253 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Stratton (11 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Vona (11 miles west, up to 0.75"); Wild Horse (38 miles southwest, up to 2.25").
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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Bethune. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$132K
Potential roof exposure — 11 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Bethune hail history
Other storms in Bethune.
Estimated-size surface Sep 19, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 18, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
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