Storm report · Yuma

Hail in Yuma May 16, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 16th most severe storm Yuma has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

2.0 /10

Hail size: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 35 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Yuma 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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Yuma, CO on May 16, 2026 — 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 0.75" Detections 5

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Yuma, CO on May 16, 2026 — 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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where May 16, 2026 sits in Yuma's hail record

This was Yuma's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the May 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 16th of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Yuma at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Yuma: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Otis (17 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Akron (24 miles west, up to 2"); Eckley (25 miles south, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills from Yuma's May 16, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.

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 Yuma, 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Yuma roofs

Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$648K

Potential roof exposure — 54 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Track hail over Yuma on the live map

Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Yuma storm history — this May 16, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.

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Yuma hail history

21 recorded storm days in Yuma, CO

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