Hail in Cripple Creek, CO on July 7, 2024
Radar-estimated up to 2.25" (hen egg size) · 1 ground report
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 2.25" (hen egg size) over Cripple Creek between 5:09 PM and 5:39 PM, from 9 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. On the ground, 1 report was filed in Cripple Creek; the largest measured 1.5" (ping-pong ball size).
Ground reports filed in Cripple Creek
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 5:20 PM | 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) | NWS spotter report (broadcast media) |
What hen egg-size hail does to a roof
Hail this large routinely cracks and punctures asphalt shingles, dents metal vents and gutters, and can break skylights. Damage is often visible from the ground, but bruised shingles that look intact can still fail early. 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 July 7
- Fountain, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 2 reports
- Fort Carson, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 2.75" (baseball size)
- Vona, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 2 reports
- Crowley, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 2" (hen egg size)
- Colorado Springs, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) · 5 reports
- Valdez, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Strasburg, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- Colorado City, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- Ellicott, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- Seibert, CO · Jul 7, 2024ground reports · 1 report
- Cimarron Hills, CO · Jul 7, 2024ground reports · 3 reports
- Security-Widefield, CO · Jul 7, 2024ground reports · 2 reports
Other hail days in Cripple Creek
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.