Hail on Date

Hail in Colorado Springs on Saturday, August 5, 2023

The Storm Prediction Center logged 36 hail reports in Colorado Springs on Saturday, August 5, 2023, between 2:35 am and 7:54 pm MDT, in 1 of the metro's 2 counties. The largest was 4.00 inches at 13 SSE Schriever AFB (El Paso County) at 3:45 pm. NOAA radar flagged 408 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 200 rated a 100% chance of hail and 191 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

36spotter hail reports in the metro
4.00 inlargest reported, 13 SSE Schriever AFB
408radar hail signatures inside the metro, 200 rated 100%
3.50 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Colorado Springs counties with 408 radar hail signatures and 36 spotter hail reports on August 5, 2023 El Paso Teller 4.00 in, 13 SSE Schriever AFB
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 10 places in El Paso County, named as the National Weather Service described them.

Every hail report logged that day

Times are Mountain Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
2:35 am1.006 NNW Peterson AFBEl Paso(PUB)
1:30 pm1.005 N PeytonEl Paso(PUB)
2:13 pm1.252 NW Air Force AcademyEl PasoReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (PUB)
2:15 pm1.002 SSE Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
2:20 pm1.002 SE Air Force AcademyEl PasoLocated on I-25... just north of Air Force Academy. (PUB)
2:22 pm1.003 ESE Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
2:22 pm1.001 NNW Air Force AcademyEl PasoReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB)
2:27 pm1.255 ESE Air Force AcademyEl PasoReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (PUB)
2:35 pm1.755 SW Black ForestEl PasoPictures relayed via broadcast media. (PUB)
2:38 pm1.253 E Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
2:40 pm1.755 SSW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
2:45 pm1.503 W FalconEl PasoNumerous reports of hail 1.00 to 1.5 inches in this immediate region. (PUB)
2:46 pm1.751 E Peterson AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (PUB)
2:46 pm1.502 SSW FalconEl Paso(PUB)
2:49 pm1.754 WSW FalconEl Paso(PUB)
2:53 pm2.003 NE Peterson AFBEl PasoNumerous reports of ping pong to golf ball size hail. (PUB)
2:56 pm1.504 NE Peterson AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (PUB)
2:57 pm2.003 NE Peterson AFBEl Paso(PUB)
2:59 pm1.755 N Peterson AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (PUB)
3:00 pm1.502 W Schriever AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (PUB)
3:00 pm1.504 NNW Peterson AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (PUB)
3:00 pm1.753 N Peterson AFBEl Paso(PUB)
3:08 pm2.502 SW Schriever AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (PUB)
3:14 pm2.754 SSW Schriever AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.). (PUB)
3:23 pm1.255 E SecurityEl PasoReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (PUB)
3:23 pm1.002 ESE SecurityEl Paso(PUB)
3:26 pm2.507 SSE Schriever AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (PUB)
3:31 pm1.254 E SecurityEl Paso(PUB)
3:35 pm1.251 NNE SecurityEl Pasorelayed via social media. (PUB)
3:43 pm1.0011 SSE Schriever AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB)
3:45 pm4.0013 SSE Schriever AFBEl PasoHail between 3 and 4 inches. (PUB)
3:46 pm3.0013 NNE PinonEl PasoMeasured 3.3 inch hail with picture on social media. (PUB)
3:47 pm2.2513 SSE Schriever AFBEl PasoReport from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.). (PUB)
3:48 pm3.2511 NNE PinonEl PasoReport from mPING: Baseball+ (3.25 in.). (PUB)
3:49 pm2.5011 SW TrucktonEl PasoReport from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (PUB)
7:54 pm1.002 NNE FountainEl PasoReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

408 signatures from 5 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 200 were rated 100% and 30 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KFTG1447564113.00 in1:01 pm11:58 pm
KPUX1175362163.50 in12:57 pm11:58 pm
KDEN114555101.50 in12:58 pm10:33 pm
KGLD21111132.00 in1:44 pm11:21 pm
KCYS126301.25 in12:57 pm1:58 pm

Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.

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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Mountain Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Colorado Springs when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 2 counties (El Paso and Teller counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.