Hail size 1"
1 W Rio Rico Santa Cruz County
“1 inch sized hail. (TWC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Santa Cruz
Hail in Rio Rico · Aug 19, 2026
Hit 24 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 5,174
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Rio Rico has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Rio Rico saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 19, 2026 · Rio Rico, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 19, 2026 sits in Rio Rico's hail record.
This was Rio Rico's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Aug 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rio Rico at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rio Rico: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 25 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Nogales (10 miles south, up to 1.5"); Sonoita (20 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Sahuarita (31 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Rio Rico 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.
Hail reports
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Rio Rico roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
5,174 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$62M
Potential roof exposure — 5,174 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 26 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$390K
Close just 0.5% of the 5,174 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $1,087 on top of the $150 plan.
Rio Rico hail history
Other storms in Rio Rico.
9 recorded storm days in Rio Rico, AZ
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Sep 9, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Aug 29, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Aug 23, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Aug 9, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Aug 3, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Jul 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Jul 12, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rio Rico / AZ
Jul 11, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
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 10, 2026.