Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 2" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature84
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1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
This was Las Animas's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Las Animas at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Las Animas: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 51 of them in Colorado. Nearest: La Junta (14 miles west, up to 1.75"); Mc Clave (22 miles east, up to 1"); Rocky Ford (27 miles west, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Las Animas's Jun 26, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
“Brief tornado was observed to the NE of Las Animas. Video from a storm chaser shows clear ground circulation... with debris as well. Another spotter looking due west fr (PUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Fort Lyon — beyond Las Animas itself.
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
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Potential roof exposure — 84 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Las Animas storm history — this Jun 26, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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5 recorded storm days in Las Animas, CO
