Storm report · Yavapai

Hail in Prescott Valley Jul 12, 2026

Hit 22 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

1

Ground reports

1

1 wind
Severity

The most severe storm Prescott Valley has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

1.5 /10
Hail size
19 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
6 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Prescott Valley saw the hail — from two instruments

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Prescott Valley, AZ on Jul 12, 2026

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 0.75" Detections 1
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Prescott Valley, AZ on Jul 12, 2026

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"
The storm in context

Where Jul 12, 2026 sits in Prescott Valley's hail record

This was Prescott Valley's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 29 days after the Jun 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Prescott Valley at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Prescott Valley: the same system put hail over 367 other tracked cities, 37 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Prescott (9 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Dewey (9 miles southeast, up to 2.5"); Chino Valley (13 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills from Prescott Valley's Jul 12, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.

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.

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 61 mph
7 NE Prescott Valley Yavapai County

“Mesonet station GW4061 PRESCOTT VALLEY. (FGZ)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Prescott Valley roofs

Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$12K

Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Track hail over Prescott Valley on the live map

Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Prescott Valley storm history — this Jul 12, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.

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Prescott Valley hail history

2 recorded storm days in Prescott Valley, AZ

← All hail in Prescott Valley

Other storms in Prescott Valley

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 surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.