Hail in Walsenburg · Jul 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Walsenburg 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
- 31 /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 Walsenburg saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Walsenburg's hail record.
This was Walsenburg's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jul 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Walsenburg at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Walsenburg: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Colorado. Nearest: La Veta (14 miles west, up to 1.25"); Aguilar (15 miles southeast, up to 1"); Weston (31 miles south, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Walsenburg 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Walsenburg 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Walsenburg 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
Walsenburg hail history
Other storms in Walsenburg.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jan 8, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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