Tornado Rating unknown
3 NE Rosita Custer County
“Relayed via Fremont County dispatch... location estimated. (PUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Custer
Hail in Westcliffe · Aug 27, 2026
Hit 18 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 54
Ground reports 1 1 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Westcliffe has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 35 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Westcliffe saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 27, 2026 · Westcliffe, CO
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
The storm in context
Where Aug 27, 2026 sits in Westcliffe's hail record.
This was Westcliffe's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Westcliffe at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Westcliffe: the same system put hail over 365 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Gardner (28 miles south, up to 0.5"); Rye (32 miles southeast, up to 1"); Weston (79 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Westcliffe 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Rosita — beyond Westcliffe itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Westcliffe 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.
54 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$648K
Potential roof exposure — 54 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 $11 on top of the $150 plan.
Westcliffe hail history
Other storms in Westcliffe.
10 recorded storm days in Westcliffe, CO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Sep 8, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Aug 26, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Aug 19, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Jul 31, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Jul 29, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Jul 28, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Jul 27, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
Jun 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Westcliffe / CO
May 28, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 9, 2026.