Wind gust 67 mph
5 NW Colorado City Mitchell County
“Mesonet station 105 5NW Colorado City reported a wind gust of 67 mph. (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Mitchell
Hail in Colorado City · Jul 5, 2026
NEXRAD logged 10 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 19
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Colorado City has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 26 /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 Colorado City saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 5, 2026 · Colorado City, TX
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
1.75"
Detections
10
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
1"
The storm in context
Where Jul 5, 2026 sits in Colorado City's hail record.
This was Colorado City's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 43 days after the May 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Colorado City at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Colorado City: the same system put hail over 971 other tracked cities, 146 of them in Texas. Nearest: Sweetwater (24 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Robert Lee (26 miles south, up to 1.75"); Hermleigh (28 miles north, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Colorado City 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
2 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.
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 60 mph
2 ESE Colorado City Mitchell County
“Mesonet station UR103 2.2 E Colorado City (UPR) reported a wind gust of 60 mph. (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm 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.
Hail was reported over 10 minutes, from to .
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Colorado City roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
19 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$228K
Potential roof exposure — 19 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.
Colorado City hail history
Other storms in Colorado City.
9 recorded storm days in Colorado City, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
Jul 19, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
Jul 18, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
May 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
May 22, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
May 10, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
8 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
Apr 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
Apr 13, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Colorado City / TX
Apr 1, 2026
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 3, 2026.