Hail in Chaparral · Sep 16, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Chaparral that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Chaparral has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Chaparral saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Chaparral, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 16, 2026 sits in Chaparral's hail record.
This was Chaparral's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Aug 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chaparral at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chaparral: the same system put hail over 73 other tracked cities, 6 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Alamogordo (26 miles north, up to 0.5"); La Mesa (36 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); El Paso (38 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Chaparral 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
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Chaparral. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Chaparral roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Chaparral hail history
Other storms in Chaparral.
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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