Hail in Las Vegas · May 23, 2026
Convective day · May 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Las Vegas 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
- 42 /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 Las Vegas 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 May 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Las Vegas, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 23, 2026 sits in Las Vegas's hail record.
This was Las Vegas's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 43 days after the Apr 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Las Vegas at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Las Vegas: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 2 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Santa Rosa (49 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Clayton (140 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Texline (141 miles northeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.5M
Potential roof exposure — 124 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 124 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $26 on top of the $150 plan.
Las Vegas hail history
Other storms in Las Vegas.
Sep 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 10, 2026
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