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Hail in Sheridan Lake · Sep 19, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" 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 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 12
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Sheridan Lake has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.7 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
22 /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 Sheridan Lake saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 19, 2026 · Sheridan Lake, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sheridan Lake, CO on Sep 19, 2026 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 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 19, 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 Sep 19, 2026 sits in Sheridan Lake's hail record.

This was Sheridan Lake's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Aug 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sheridan Lake at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sheridan Lake: the same system put hail over 336 other tracked cities, 27 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Tribune (23 miles east, up to 2.75"); Coolidge (26 miles south, up to 1"); Arapahoe (31 miles north, up to 2").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 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

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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Sheridan Lake for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Sheridan Lake roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

12 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$144K

Potential roof exposure — 12 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.

Sheridan Lake hail history

10 recorded storm days in Sheridan Lake, CO

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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 20, 2026.