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Hail in Cimarron · Jul 28, 2026

NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.75"; 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 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Cimarron has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.1 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
0 /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 Cimarron saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 28, 2026 · Cimarron, NM

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Cimarron, NM on Jul 28, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0.75" Detections 2
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cimarron, NM on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Cimarron's hail record.

This was Cimarron's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Jul 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cimarron at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cimarron: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 53 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Ocate (16 miles southwest, up to 1"); Wagon Mound (31 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Vadito (37 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Cimarron 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Cimarron. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Cimarron roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Cimarron hail history

9 recorded storm days in Cimarron, NM

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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 27, 2026.