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Hail in Patagonia · Sep 13, 2026

Hit 1 day ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Patagonia that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 24

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 8th most severe storm Patagonia has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.7 / 10

Storm severity score

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

1.7 /10

Peak hail signal: 13 /100
Homes exposed: 28 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Patagonia saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 13, 2026 · Patagonia, 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

Map image is still rendering for this surface.

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 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Patagonia, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 13, 2026 sits in Patagonia's hail record.

This was Patagonia's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Patagonia at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Patagonia: the same system put hail over 171 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Hereford (30 miles east, up to 0.5"); Cochise (63 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Bisbee (65 miles east, up to 0.75").

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

1 report 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

1 report

Wind gust 61 mph

1 N Patagonia Santa Cruz County

2:24 AM UTC

“Personal weather station recorded gust of 61 mph. (TWC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Patagonia roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

24 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$288K

Potential roof exposure — 24 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

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Patagonia hail history

14 recorded storm days in Patagonia, AZ

← All hail in Patagonia

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Sep 12, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Patagonia / 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 14, 2026.

The 8th most severe storm Patagonia has seen in the last 12 months

How Patagonia saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Sep 13, 2026 sits in Patagonia's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

What 0.5" hail means for Patagonia roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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