Storm report · McKinley

Hail in Continental Divide Jun 26, 2026

Hit 38 days ago

NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.5". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.

Largest hailstone

0.5"

≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

10

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Continental Divide 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.

1.3 /10
Hail size
13 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
21 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Continental Divide 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Continental Divide, NM on Jun 26, 2026

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 0.5" Detections 1

Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jun 26, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 26, 2026 sits in Continental Divide's hail record

This was Continental Divide's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Continental Divide at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Continental Divide: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 27 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Church Rock (18 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Ramah (21 miles south, up to 1.25"); Brimhall (27 miles northwest, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills from Continental Divide's Jun 26, 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.

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.

For this storm over Continental Divide, 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Continental Divide roofs

Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$120K

Potential roof exposure — 10 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Track hail over Continental Divide on the live map

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Continental Divide hail history

3 recorded storm days in Continental Divide, NM

← All hail in Continental Divide

Other storms in Continental Divide

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.