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Hail in Hugo · Aug 21, 2026

Hit 22 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 33
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Hugo has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.6 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

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

Homes exposed
31 /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

Aug 21, 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 Aug 21, 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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hugo, CO on Aug 21, 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 1.25"

The storm in context

Where Aug 21, 2026 sits in Hugo's hail record.

This was Hugo's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Aug 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hugo at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hugo: the same system put hail over 659 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Arriba (26 miles northeast, up to 1"); Haswell (32 miles southeast, up to 2.25"); Kit Carson (34 miles east, up to 2").

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.

For this storm over Hugo, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Hugo 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.

33 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$396K

Potential roof exposure — 33 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $7 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 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 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hugo / CO

Jul 10, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" 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.