Hail in Air Force Academy, CO on August 5, 2023
Reported 1.25" (half dollar size)
Hail was reported on the ground in Air Force Academy this day. We hold no radar hail signature of one inch or more inside the town for it, either because the core passed just outside or because our radar archive does not cover this area. On the ground, 2 reports were filed in Air Force Academy; the largest measured 1.25" (half dollar size).
Ground reports filed in Air Force Academy
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| time not given | 1.25" (half dollar size) | NOAA Storm Events (public) |
| time not given | 1" (quarter size) | NOAA Storm Events (nws employee) |
What half dollar-size hail does to a roof
Hail in this range commonly bruises asphalt shingles and knocks off the protective granules. The roof may look fine from the street and still have lost years of life; soft metals like vents and gutters usually show the dents first. Radar describes the storm, not your shingles: the only way to know what a particular roof took is an inspection. Most homeowner policies set a deadline for reporting storm damage, so check your policy.
Every home inside a storm's radar footprint, scored by roof age, material and hail history, sold to a few roofers only so you are not the twentieth truck on the street.
Other Colorado towns hit on August 5
- Security-Widefield, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 3.5" (teacup size) · 2 reports
- Fountain, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 1 report
- Colorado Springs, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size) · 5 reports
- Joes, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size)
- Loveland, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size) · 2 reports
- Black Forest, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- Fort Carson, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Olney Springs, CO · Aug 5, 2023radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- Fowler, CO · Aug 5, 2023ground reports · 1 report
- Vernon, CO · Aug 5, 2023ground reports · 1 report
Other hail days in Air Force Academy
Radar sizes are estimates from NEXRAD hail signatures (NOAA Severe Weather Data Inventory) for the largest stones in a storm cell, not a measurement at any one home. Ground reports are National Weather Service local storm reports and the NOAA Storm Events Database, as filed. Town-level data only; this page shows no addresses and no homeowner information.