Wind gust 63 mph
5 S Sheridan Lake Kiowa County
“PWS. (PUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Kiowa
Hail in Sheridan Lake · Aug 31, 2026
Hit 14 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Sheridan Lake that day. 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 368
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Sheridan Lake has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /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 Sheridan Lake saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 31, 2026 · Sheridan Lake, CO
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 31, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Sheridan Lake, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 31, 2026 sits in Sheridan Lake's hail record.
This was Sheridan Lake's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sheridan Lake at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sheridan Lake: the same system put hail over 40 other tracked cities, 2 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Lamar (32 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Mc Clave (41 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Bird City (94 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Sheridan Lake 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 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Sheridan Lake 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.
368 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$4.4M
Potential roof exposure — 368 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 368 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 $77 on top of the $150 plan.
Sheridan Lake hail history
Other storms in Sheridan Lake.
9 recorded storm days in Sheridan Lake, CO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Aug 26, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Aug 13, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Jul 27, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Jul 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Jul 10, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Jul 9, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Jul 8, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sheridan Lake / CO
Jun 21, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
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 Sep 1, 2026.