Hail size 1"
9 NW Kutch Elbert County
“Time estimated based on radar data. (BOU)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Elbert
Hail in Ramah · Aug 19, 2026
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 207
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Ramah 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
- Homes exposed
- 46 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Ramah saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 19, 2026 · Ramah, CO
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 Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 19, 2026 sits in Ramah's hail record.
This was Ramah's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ramah at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ramah: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Calhan (11 miles west, up to 1.25"); Simla (11 miles north, up to 1.5"); Agate (14 miles north, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 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
2 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
6 SW Kutch Lincoln County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (BOU)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 25 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Kutch — beyond Ramah itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Ramah 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.
207 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.5M
Potential roof exposure — 207 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 207 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 $43 on top of the $150 plan.
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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 Sep 21, 2026.