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Hail in Kiowa · Aug 14, 2026

Hit 31 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" 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 · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 523
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.9 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
54 /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 Kiowa saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 14, 2026 · Kiowa, 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 Kiowa, CO on Aug 14, 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 Kiowa, CO on Aug 14, 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 1.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Kiowa's hail record.

This was Kiowa's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jul 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kiowa at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kiowa: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 36 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Calhan (11 miles south, up to 1"); Elizabeth (13 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Bennett (18 miles north, up to 1.5").

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

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 64 mph
9 NNE Kiowa Elbert County

“Davis WeatherLink station. (BOU)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Kiowa 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.

523 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.3M

Potential roof exposure — 523 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 523 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 $110 on top of the $150 plan.

Kiowa hail history

Other storms in Kiowa.

16 recorded storm days in Kiowa, CO
← All hail in Kiowa
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NEXRAD surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Aug 18, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jul 28, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jul 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jul 8, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jul 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jun 26, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jun 23, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jun 21, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jun 8, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jun 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

Jun 3, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

May 30, 2026

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

May 17, 2026

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

May 16, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Kiowa, CO on May 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Kiowa / CO

May 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" 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 19, 2026.