Wind gust 70 mph
1 WSW Sells Pima County
“Sells RAWS station measured a wind gust to 70 mph. (TWC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Pima
Hail in Sells · Jul 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Sells has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 1.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
1.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Sells saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 8, 2026 · Sells, AZ
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0.5"
The storm in context
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Sells's hail record.
This was Sells's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the Jun 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sells at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sells: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Tucson (29 miles east, up to 1.75"); Benson (51 miles east, up to 1.25"); Bylas (85 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Sells 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.
Wind reports
1 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Sells 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
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Sep 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Aug 29, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Aug 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Aug 19, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Aug 10, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Aug 5, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Aug 3, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Jul 12, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Jun 16, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sells / AZ
Mar 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
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.