Hail in Fountain, CO on July 16, 2025
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 Fountain between 4:32 PM and 4:43 PM, from 6 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. On the ground, 1 report was filed in Fountain; the largest measured 1.5" (ping-pong ball size).
Ground reports filed in Fountain
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 4:41 PM | 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) | NWS spotter report (nws employee) |
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 16
Other hail days in Fountain
- June 23, 2026ground reports · 2 reports
- June 22, 2026radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 3 reports
- July 6, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- September 7, 2024ground reports · 1 report
- August 19, 2024radar up to 3.5" (teacup size) · 1 report
- August 1, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- July 19, 2024radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- July 7, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 3 reports
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.