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Hail in Willcox · 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 35
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

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

Severity

The 7th most severe storm Willcox has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.3 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
31 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Willcox saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 5, 2026 · Willcox, 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Willcox, AZ on Aug 5, 2026 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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Willcox, AZ on Aug 5, 2026 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 1"

The storm in context

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

This was Willcox's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Willcox at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Willcox: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 29 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Thatcher (35 miles north, up to 1.75"); Safford (38 miles north, up to 1.75"); Elfrida (38 miles south, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Willcox 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

No reports 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.

For this storm over Willcox, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Willcox 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.

35 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$420K

Potential roof exposure — 35 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.

Willcox hail history

12 recorded storm days in Willcox, 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 Sep 10, 2026.