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Hail in Ramah · Apr 27, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 16th most severe storm Ramah has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
0 /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 Ramah saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 27, 2026 · Ramah, 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 Ramah, CO on Apr 27, 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 Ramah, CO on Apr 27, 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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Ramah's hail record.

This was Ramah's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 16th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ramah at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ramah: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 2 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Calhan (26 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Woodland Park (63 miles west, up to 0"); Spur (415 miles southeast, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Ramah 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

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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Ramah. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Ramah roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Ramah hail history

Other storms in Ramah.

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

Aug 19, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Aug 18, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Aug 16, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Aug 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / 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 Ramah, CO on Jul 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Jul 23, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Jul 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / 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 Ramah, CO on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Jun 26, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Jun 23, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Jun 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / 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 Ramah, CO on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

Jun 1, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ramah, CO on May 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ramah / CO

May 9, 2026

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 20, 2026.