Hail in Hobbs · Sep 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hobbs that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Hobbs 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
- 19 /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 Hobbs saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hobbs, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 22, 2026 sits in Hobbs's hail record.
This was Hobbs's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hobbs at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hobbs: the same system put hail over 97 other tracked cities, 6 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Odessa (73 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Artesia (73 miles west, up to 0.5"); Lake Arthur (75 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Hobbs 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.
For this storm over Hobbs, 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Hobbs 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
Estimated-size surface Sep 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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