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Hail in Patagonia · Sep 14, 2026

Hit 3 days 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 26
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Patagonia has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
29 /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 Patagonia saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 14, 2026 · Patagonia, AZ

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Sep 14, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 14, 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 14, 2026 sits in Patagonia's hail record.

This was Patagonia's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Patagonia at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Patagonia: the same system put hail over 110 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Elgin (12 miles east, up to 1"); Amado (27 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Huachuca City (30 miles northeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 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

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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Patagonia for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

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.

26 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$312K

Potential roof exposure — 26 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.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $5 on top of the $150 plan.

Patagonia hail history

15 recorded storm days in Patagonia, AZ
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Sep 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Sep 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Sep 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Sep 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Sep 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Sep 9, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Aug 27, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Aug 26, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Aug 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Aug 10, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Aug 9, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Aug 5, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Jul 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Jul 16, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Jul 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Jul 14, 2026

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

Jul 11, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Jun 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Jun 16, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Patagonia, AZ on Mar 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Patagonia / AZ

Mar 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
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 15, 2026.