Hail in Vona, CO on July 7, 2024
Radar-estimated up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 2 ground reports
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) over Vona around 5:20 PM, from 1 separate radar hail signature inside the town. On the ground, 2 reports were filed in Vona; the largest measured 1" (quarter size).
Ground reports filed in Vona
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 5:20 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 5:22 PM | 0.88" (nickel size) | NWS spotter report (fire dept/rescue) |
What tennis ball-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)
- Cripple Creek, CO · Jul 7, 2024radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size) · 1 report
- 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
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.