Hail size 1.25"
6 WNW Goodyear Maricopa County
“Reported slightly smaller than golf ball sized hail. Rounded down to half dollar size based on radar. (PSR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Maricopa
Hail in Buckeye · Aug 9, 2026
Hit 39 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Buckeye that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 4,878
Ground reports 4 1 hail · 3 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Buckeye has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Buckeye saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 9, 2026 · Buckeye, AZ
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Buckeye, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 9, 2026 sits in Buckeye's hail record.
This was Buckeye's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Buckeye at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Buckeye: the same system put hail over 453 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Arlington (12 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Tonopah (15 miles west, up to 0.75"); Wickenburg (37 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Buckeye storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
4 reports filed with the NWS
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Hail reports
1 reportWind reports
3 reports Wind gust 62 mph
5 WNW Buckeye Maricopa County
“AWOS station KBXK Buckeye. (PSR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 72 mph
5 WNW Buckeye Maricopa County
“AWOS station KBXK Buckeye. (PSR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 84 mph
6 WNW Goodyear Maricopa County
“Mesonet station GW6437 BUCKEYE. (PSR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked west at roughly 20 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 34 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Goodyear — beyond Buckeye itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Buckeye roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
4,878 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$59M
Potential roof exposure — 4,878 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 24 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$360K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,878 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $1,024 on top of the $150 plan.
Buckeye hail history
Other storms in Buckeye.
2 recorded storm days in Buckeye, AZ
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 11, 2026.