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Hail in Hugo · Jul 10, 2026

NEXRAD logged 51 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. 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 · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 700
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Hugo has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.7 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
57 /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 Hugo saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 10, 2026 · Hugo, CO

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Hugo, CO on Jul 10, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1.5" Detections 51
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Jul 10, 2026 sits in Hugo's hail record.

This was Hugo's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hugo at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hugo: the same system put hail over 682 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Karval (21 miles south, up to 1.75"); Limon (22 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Matheson (26 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Hugo 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 Hugo 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 Hugo 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.

700 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$8.4M

Potential roof exposure — 700 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K

Close just 0.5% of the 700 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

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $147 on top of the $150 plan.

Hugo hail history

Other storms in Hugo.

17 recorded storm days in Hugo, CO
← All hail in Hugo
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Aug 26, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Aug 22, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Aug 21, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Aug 18, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Aug 16, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Aug 13, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jul 28, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jul 22, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jul 9, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jul 7, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jun 26, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jun 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
9 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jun 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

May 16, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on May 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

May 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Apr 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Apr 11, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
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 27, 2026.