Hail size 1"
4 S Rush El Paso County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Lincoln
Hail in Rush · Aug 15, 2026
Hit 28 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 45
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Rush has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 33 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Rush saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 15, 2026 · Rush, CO
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 radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Aug 15, 2026 sits in Rush's hail record.
This was Rush's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the Jul 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rush at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rush: the same system put hail over 188 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Calhan (31 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Karval (33 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Peyton (34 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Rush 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.
Hail reports
1 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Rush roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
45 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$540K
Potential roof exposure — 45 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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.
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Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Aug 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Aug 19, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Aug 16, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Jul 28, 2026
3.75" Signatures 3.75" Estimated 1.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Jul 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Jul 10, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Jul 9, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Jul 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rush / CO
Jun 23, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
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 24, 2026.