Hail in Strasburg · May 17, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Strasburg has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Strasburg saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 17, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 17, 2026 sits in Strasburg's hail record.
This was Strasburg's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Strasburg at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Strasburg: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Byers (13 miles east, up to 1"); Deer Trail (13 miles southeast, up to 1"); Kiowa (25 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Strasburg 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
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.
For this storm over Strasburg, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Strasburg 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
Strasburg hail history
Other storms in Strasburg.
Estimated-size surface Sep 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 10, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Apr 26, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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