Hail in Otis May 16, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 26 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature75
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Otis has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Otis saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
Where May 16, 2026 sits in Otis's hail record
This was Otis's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Otis at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Otis: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Akron (11 miles northwest, up to 2"); Yuma (17 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Eckley (29 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Otis's May 16, 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.
What people on the ground reported
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 Otis. 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.
What 1.5" hail means for Otis roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$900K
Potential roof exposure — 75 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Otis on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Otis, CO
Other storms in Otis
Jul 28, 2026
1"
Jul 9, 2026
2"
Jul 8, 2026
1"
Jul 4, 2026
3.75"
Jun 22, 2026
2.75"
Jun 8, 2026
1"
Jun 1, 2026
1.5"
May 30, 2026
0.75"
May 9, 2026
1"