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Hail in Snyder · Aug 18, 2026

Hit 25 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Snyder that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 30
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Snyder has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
30 /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 Snyder saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 18, 2026 · Snyder, 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 Snyder, CO on Aug 18, 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 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Snyder, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 18, 2026 sits in Snyder's hail record.

This was Snyder's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Snyder at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Snyder: the same system put hail over 309 other tracked cities, 14 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Brush (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Akron (25 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Kersey (53 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Snyder 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Snyder. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Snyder roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

30 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$360K

Potential roof exposure — 30 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 $6 on top of the $150 plan.

Snyder hail history

13 recorded storm days in Snyder, CO
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Aug 16, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Aug 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Jul 22, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Snyder, CO on Jul 4, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Jun 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Jun 24, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Jun 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Jun 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

Jun 1, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on May 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

May 21, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

May 16, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Snyder, CO on May 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Snyder / CO

May 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
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 19, 2026.