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Hail in Nogales · Aug 23, 2026

Hit 22 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Nogales 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 1,172
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Nogales has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.7 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
61 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Nogales saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 23, 2026 · Nogales, AZ

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 23, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Nogales, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 23, 2026 sits in Nogales's hail record.

This was Nogales's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Nogales at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Nogales: the same system put hail over 185 other tracked cities, 14 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Rio Rico (14 miles north, up to 1"); Sonoita (27 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Sahuarita (41 miles north, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Nogales 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

No 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Nogales. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Nogales 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.

1,172 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$14M

Potential roof exposure — 1,172 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
6 jobs
Illustrative work
~$90K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,172 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 $246 on top of the $150 plan.

Nogales hail history

14 recorded storm days in Nogales, AZ
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Sep 12, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Sep 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Aug 26, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Aug 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Aug 21, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Aug 19, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Aug 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Aug 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Aug 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Aug 3, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Jul 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Jul 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Jul 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Jul 12, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Jul 11, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Nogales, AZ on Jun 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Nogales / AZ

Jun 17, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 13, 2026.