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Hail in Hugo · Sep 20, 2026

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The estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hugo that day. 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.

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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 107
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

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

Composite score · 5.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.0 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

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

Homes exposed
41 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Hugo saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 20, 2026 · Hugo, CO

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

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.

Max size 2.5"

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

The storm in context

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

This was Hugo's 19th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hugo at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hugo: the same system put hail over 253 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Genoa (15 miles northwest, up to 2"); Wild Horse (17 miles southeast, up to 2.25"); Vona (35 miles northeast, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 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

1 report 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 2.5"
10 N Boyero Lincoln County

“(BOU)”

— 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.

Reports came from Boyero — beyond Hugo itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for Hugo roofs.

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

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

107 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.3M

Potential roof exposure — 107 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 107 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 $22 on top of the $150 plan.

Hugo hail history

Other storms in Hugo.

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

Sep 19, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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 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 Sep 21, 2026.