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Hail in Elbert · Sep 20, 2026

Hit 1 day ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Elbert that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 557
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Elbert has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.6 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
55 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Elbert saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 20, 2026 · Elbert, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Map image is still rendering for this surface.

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 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Elbert, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 20, 2026 sits in Elbert's hail record.

This was Elbert's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elbert at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elbert: the same system put hail over 253 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Kiowa (10 miles north, up to 2"); Elizabeth (15 miles northwest, up to 2"); Calhan (15 miles southeast, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Elbert 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

No 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Elbert for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Elbert roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

557 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.7M

Potential roof exposure — 557 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
3 jobs
Illustrative work
~$45K

Close just 0.5% of the 557 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 $117 on top of the $150 plan.

Elbert hail history

Other storms in Elbert.

16 recorded storm days in Elbert, CO
← All hail in Elbert
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Sep 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Sep 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Aug 16, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Aug 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Aug 12, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jul 28, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Elbert, CO on Jul 22, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jul 22, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jul 10, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Elbert, CO on Jul 9, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jul 9, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jun 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jun 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jun 5, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Elbert, CO on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Elbert / CO

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
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 Sep 21, 2026.