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Hail in Douglas · Aug 4, 2026

Hit 39 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 131
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Douglas has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.9 /10
Peak hail signal
56 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
42 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Douglas saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 4, 2026 · Douglas, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Douglas, AZ on Aug 4, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Douglas, AZ on Aug 4, 2026 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 2.25"

The storm in context

Where Aug 4, 2026 sits in Douglas's hail record.

This was Douglas's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Douglas at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Douglas: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Animas (57 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Lordsburg (73 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Duncan (86 miles north, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Douglas 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

2 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.

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 66 mph
10 NNE Pirtleville Cochise County

“Personal weather station observed gust of 66 mph. (TWC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 59 mph
8 NNE Pirtleville Cochise County

“Personal weather station observed gust of 59 mph. (TWC)”

— 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.

Hail was reported over 11 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Pirtleville — beyond Douglas itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Douglas roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

131 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.6M

Potential roof exposure — 131 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 131 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 $28 on top of the $150 plan.

Douglas hail history

7 recorded storm days in Douglas, 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 Sep 9, 2026.