Wind gust 68 mph
5 S Burlington Kit Carson County
“ASOS station KITR Burlington Co Airport. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Kit Carson
Hail in Burlington · May 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 60
Ground reports 3 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Burlington has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Burlington saw the hail — from two instruments
May 9, 2026 · Burlington, CO
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.5"
The storm in context
Where May 9, 2026 sits in Burlington's hail record.
This was Burlington's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 103 days after the Jan 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Burlington at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Burlington: the same system put hail over 268 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Bethune (9 miles northwest, up to 0"); Goodland (27 miles east, up to 0.5"); Idalia (32 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Burlington 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
3 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.
Wind reports
3 reports Wind gust 61 mph
11 N Bethune Kit Carson County
“PWS-KCOBETHU5 11 miles north of Bethune. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 58 mph
1 E Bethune Kit Carson County
“WeatherLink. BrewerWX. (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 22 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Bethune — beyond Burlington itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Burlington roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
60 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$720K
Potential roof exposure — 60 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $13 on top of the $150 plan.
Burlington hail history
Other storms in Burlington.
14 recorded storm days in Burlington, CO
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Aug 19, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jul 27, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jul 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jul 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jun 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jun 20, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jun 8, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
7 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jun 1, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
May 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
May 17, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
May 16, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burlington / CO
Jan 26, 2026
0.75" 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 20, 2026.