Hail in Elbert, CO on July 6, 2022
Radar-estimated up to 1" (quarter size)
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 1" (quarter size) over Elbert between 3:50 PM and 3:53 PM, from 3 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. No spotter or NOAA ground report was filed inside the town that day, which is common: most hail falls where nobody is measuring it.
What quarter-size hail does to a roof
One inch is the size where insurers and roofers start to expect shingle damage, especially on older roofs. Look for dented gutters and downspouts and granules collecting at the bottom of the downspouts. 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 6
- Kiowa, CO · Jul 6, 2022radar up to 2" (hen egg size)
- Saddle Ridge, CO · Jul 6, 2022radar up to 2" (hen egg size)
- Strasburg, CO · Jul 6, 2022radar up to 2" (hen egg size)
- Idalia, CO · Jul 6, 2022radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- La Junta Gardens, CO · Jul 6, 2022radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- North La Junta, CO · Jul 6, 2022radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- Black Forest, CO · Jul 6, 2022radar up to 1" (quarter size)
Other hail days in Elbert
- September 19, 2026radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- August 13, 2026radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- June 26, 2026radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- August 1, 2025radar up to 2" (hen egg size)
- July 16, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- July 31, 2023radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- July 26, 2023radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- June 22, 2023radar up to 3.25" (teacup size)
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.