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Hail in Kim · Aug 15, 2026

Hit 28 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Kim that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 138
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

Kim's only recorded storm 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
44 /100

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

Homes exposed
43 /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 Kim saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 15, 2026 · Kim, CO

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kim, CO on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 1.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Kim, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 15, 2026 sits in Kim's hail record.

This was Kim's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kim at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kim: the same system put hail over 188 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Pritchett (28 miles east, up to 1.25"); Springfield (41 miles east, up to 1.5"); Campo (45 miles east, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Kim storm date 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Kim. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Kim 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.

138 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.7M

Potential roof exposure — 138 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 138 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

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 $29 on top of the $150 plan.

Kim hail history

1 recorded storm day in Kim, CO

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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 16, 2026.