Hail in Payson · Oct 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" 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 · Oct 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Payson, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 20, 2026 sits in Payson's hail record.
This was Payson's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Sep 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Payson at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Payson: the same system put hail over 19 other tracked cities, 18 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Fort Mcdowell (33 miles southwest, up to 2"); Rimrock (52 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Mesa (53 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 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.
For this storm over Payson, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Payson roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$5M
Potential roof exposure — 414 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 414 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $87 on top of the $150 plan.
Payson hail history
Other storms in Payson.
Estimated-size surface Sep 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 30, 2026
0.5"
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"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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