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Hail in Sells · Aug 5, 2026

Hit 38 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 1,446

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Sells has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.3 / 10

Storm severity score

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

3.3 /10

Peak hail signal: 25 /100
Homes exposed: 63 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Sells saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 5, 2026 · Sells, AZ

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-signature map of the hail storm over Sells, AZ on Aug 5, 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" Detections 0

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sells, AZ on Aug 5, 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 1"

The storm in context

Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Sells's hail record.

This was Sells's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sells at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sells: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 29 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Sahuarita (30 miles east, up to 1.25"); Green Valley (40 miles east, up to 0.75"); Tucson (47 miles northeast, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 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 report

Wind gust 62 mph

2 NW Three Points Pima County

5:54 AM UTC

“Personal weather station recorded wind gust of 62 mph. (TWC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Three Points — beyond Sells itself.

Damage-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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,446 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$17M

Potential roof exposure — 1,446 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 7 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$105K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,446 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 $304 on top of the $150 plan.

Sells hail history

10 recorded storm days in Sells, AZ

← All hail in Sells

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sells, AZ on Aug 29, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Sells / AZ

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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 Aug 30, 2026.

The 4th most severe storm Sells has seen in the last 12 months

How Sells saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Sells's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

How the storm moved

What 1" hail means for Sells roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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