Wind gust 70 mph
1 WSW Sells Pima County
“Sells RAWS station measured a wind gust to 70 mph. (TWC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Tucson Jul 8, 2026
Hit 26 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 17 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
6
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 3rd most severe storm Tucson 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.
3.3 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 17 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Tucson 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
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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
1.75"
Detections
17
Radar-estimated hail size
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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
0.75"
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Tucson's hail record
This was Tucson's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jun 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Tucson at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Tucson: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Sells (40 miles west, up to 1"); Benson (56 miles east, up to 1.25"); Peridot (100 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Tucson's Jul 8, 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.
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
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Sells — beyond Tucson itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Tucson roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$72K
Potential roof exposure — 6 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 Tucson on the live map
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Tucson hail history
← All hail in Tucson 8 recorded storm days in Tucson, AZ
Other storms in Tucson
Jul 27, 2026
Jul 25, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 12, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
4
ground reports 
Jul 11, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
4
ground reports 
Jun 25, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
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 3, 2026.