Hail in Cuba · Sep 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cuba that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Cuba 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 Cuba 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.
Estimated size field 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 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cuba, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in Cuba's hail record.
This was Cuba's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cuba at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cuba: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 8 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Regina (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Navajo Dam (62 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Bloomfield (65 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Cuba 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 Cuba. 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 Cuba 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
Estimated-size surface Sep 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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