NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" 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.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Jun 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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 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.
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.
The storm in context
This was Cheyenne Wells's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cheyenne Wells at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cheyenne Wells: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 51 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Eads (22 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Stratton (35 miles north, up to 1.75"); Seibert (38 miles northwest, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Cheyenne Wells 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
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.
“Location approx. Possible tornado spotted north west of Cheyenne wells on county road 38 keeps going down and going back up with lots of rotation in the clouds per trai (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report via Textline of pictured Ping Pong Ball sized Hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“CDOT Mesonet 068 site reported a 68 mph gust. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 43 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Firstview — beyond Cheyenne Wells itself.
Severe hail signal
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
Potential roof exposure
$14M
Potential roof exposure — 1,188 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 1,188 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $249 on top of the $150 plan.
Cheyenne Wells hail history
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