Colorado Springs, CO Hail Storm – July 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through Colorado Springs, CO, on July 29, 2025, with peak verified hail reaching 2.5 inches in the afternoon. The storm produced multiple warning areas from 2:22 PM to 5:54 PM MDT and ended with a line of confirmed large hail reports across the metro.

The first warning area at 2:22 PM MDT called for 1-inch hail using dual-polarization radar confidence. At 3:02 PM MDT, the hail threat increased to 2.5 inches with radar and spotter verification. Additional warnings followed at 3:16 PM MDT for 1 inch, 3:40 PM MDT for 2 inches, 4:02 PM MDT for 1 inch, 4:12 PM MDT for 1.75 inches, 5:26 PM MDT for 1.25 inches, and 5:54 PM MDT for 1 inch.

Field reports lined up with the stronger mid-afternoon phase. Spotter-based reports at 3:36 PM MDT and 3:41 PM MDT described hen egg hail at 2.0 inches and baseball hail at 2.75 inches. Those reports place the most intense hail in the late afternoon, after the first round of 1-inch warnings had already been issued.

Damage Assessment

The field reports show a narrow window of more damaging hail in Colorado Springs, centered in the late afternoon. The 2.75-inch mPING reports at 3:41 PM MDT and the 2.0-inch report at 3:36 PM MDT confirm a brief but stronger hail core within the broader storm cluster.

The warning sequence also points to a storm that stayed active for several hours across the metro. Early warnings were smaller, then the hail threat rose sharply before easing back into a string of 1-inch to 1.75-inch alerts. That pattern fits a storm with repeated hail cores, not a single short burst.

For surface impact, the verified reports support the highest concern in areas that fell under the 3 PM to 4 PM warning areas. Vehicles, roof surfaces, gutters, soft metals, and exposed horizontal equipment in those zones are the first items to inspect. In Colorado Springs, that matters most where the heavier hail reports overlapped the main urban corridor and nearby commercial strips.

The report set does not indicate a broad wind-driven damage field. The issue here was hail size and repetition. Crews should focus on roof slopes, ridge lines, skylight lenses, condenser fins, and vehicle inventory that would have been exposed during the late-afternoon hail peak.

What Contractors Should Know

This was a metro-scale hail event with several rounds of warnings, not a single isolated strike. That means claim volume may be spread across multiple neighborhoods and job types, with the strongest demand likely tied to the areas that sat under the 3:02 PM, 3:40 PM, and 4:12 PM warning areas.

Start with the buildings that were most exposed during the afternoon commute window. Flat commercial roofs, apartment complexes, auto lots, and homes with older composition shingles deserve early canvassing. The verified 2.75-inch and 2.0-inch reports give you a clear threshold for prioritizing those addresses over the smaller-hail warning areas that came before and after.