Hail in Payson · Aug 30, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Payson that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Payson 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
- 13 /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 Payson saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 30, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Payson, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 30, 2026 sits in Payson's hail record.
This was Payson's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Payson at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Payson: the same system put hail over 117 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Fort Mcdowell (38 miles south, up to 1"); Scottsdale (41 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Cave Creek (44 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Payson 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 Payson. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Payson 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
Payson hail history
Other storms in Payson.
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.75"Take your next area into the field.
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