Wind gust 58 mph
2 ENE Truckton El Paso County
“Personal weather station measured wind gust. (PUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Lincoln
Hail in Rush · Aug 16, 2026
Hit 27 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 71
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Rush has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 37 /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 16, 2026 · Rush, 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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Aug 16, 2026 sits in Rush's hail record.
This was Rush's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd 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 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rush: the same system put hail over 264 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Ramah (7 miles north, up to 1"); Hugo (28 miles east, up to 1.75"); Calhan (31 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
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.
Wind reports
1 reportStorm 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.
Reports came from Truckton — beyond Rush itself.
Damage-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.
71 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$852K
Potential roof exposure — 71 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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $15 on top of the $150 plan.
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 15, 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.