Hail in Mount Lemmon · Jul 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Mount Lemmon has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Mount Lemmon saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Jul 24, 2026 sits in Mount Lemmon's hail record.
This was Mount Lemmon's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jul 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mount Lemmon at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mount Lemmon: the same system put hail over 221 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Oracle (18 miles northeast, up to 1"); Willcox (50 miles east, up to 1.25"); Huachuca City (62 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Mount Lemmon 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Mount Lemmon. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Mount Lemmon roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Mount Lemmon hail history
Other storms in Mount Lemmon.
Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
2.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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