Colorado Springs, CO Hail Storm – June 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through Colorado Springs, CO, on June 6, 2025, with confirmed hail up to 3 inches and 34 NWS alerts across the metro area. The event ran from early afternoon into the evening, with repeated radar-derived and spotter-verified hail signatures in successive warning areas.

The first reports came in around 1:45 PM MDT with 1.25-inch hail, followed by additional 1.25-inch and 2-inch alerts through midafternoon. By 3:05 PM MDT, radar and spotters were already supporting 2.75-inch hail, and a spotter-verified report at 3:00 PM MDT described 3-inch hail with photo documentation sent to local media and later relayed to the storm report network. The storm continued to pulse through Colorado Springs after that point, with 2-inch to 2.75-inch detections appearing again in the 3 PM and 4 PM hour.

Spotter reports stayed active as the storm redeveloped and shifted across the metro. At 4:28 PM MDT, mPING reports placed hail at 1.25 inches, and by 5:35 PM MDT a spotter verified golf ball-sized hail with some stones estimated near baseball size. A later correction tied another 3:00 PM MDT report to 1 SSW Kim and set it at 2 inches, adding another confirmed large-hail observation in the same general storm sequence.

Dual-polarization radar detections continued into the evening. Alerts at 5:26 PM MDT and 5:36 PM MDT both showed 3-inch hail, and hail of 2 inches or larger remained present through 8:44 PM MDT, before the final 1.25-inch detection at 9:25 PM MDT. The storm produced smaller embedded reports too, including dime-size hail at 1:53 PM MDT and 2:14 PM MDT, then ping-pong-ball hail around 6:53 PM MDT.

Damage Assessment

Field reports point to a mixed hail footprint across Colorado Springs, with the most serious impacts tied to the late-afternoon large-hail core. The 5:35 PM MDT report described significant damage to property and vehicles, along with golf ball hail and some stones estimated near baseball size. That report aligns with the cluster of 2.5-inch to 3-inch radar and spotter confirmations in the same time window.

Earlier reports show the storm was already producing surface impacts before the peak damage period. The 3:00 PM MDT spotter account included photo documentation of 3-inch hail, while the same hour also carried corrected 2-inch observations from the 1 SSW Kim area. A separate mPING report at 4:28 PM MDT placed 1.25-inch hail on the ground, confirming that the hail threat was not limited to one short burst.

The storm did not present as a single isolated hail core. It produced multiple rounds of confirmed hail across the afternoon and evening, with verified sizes ranging from dime-size stones to 3-inch hail. That pattern is consistent with repeated vehicle, roof, and exterior surface impacts across parts of the metro where the storm passed.

For property owners, the main concern is not just the peak size. It is the repeated hail loading across several hours, with multiple verified stones above 1.5 inches and several detections at 2 inches or larger. That extends the inspection window for roofs, gutters, siding, vents, and exposed vehicles in the affected warning area.

Colorado Springs, CO Hail Storm – June 2025

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