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Hail in Las Vegas · May 27, 2026

NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 17th most severe storm Las Vegas has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /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 Las Vegas saw the hail — from two instruments

May 27, 2026 · Las Vegas, NM

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Las Vegas, NM on May 27, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1" Detections 1
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on May 27, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where May 27, 2026 sits in Las Vegas's hail record.

This was Las Vegas's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the May 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 17th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Las Vegas at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Las Vegas: the same system put hail over 172 other tracked cities, 1 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Buena Vista (35 miles north, up to 0.5"); Crowell (331 miles east, up to 2.5"); Hobson (615 miles southeast, up to 0.75").

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

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.

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.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Las Vegas roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Las Vegas hail history

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19 recorded storm days in Las Vegas, NM
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NEXRAD surface
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Aug 25, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Aug 19, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Aug 16, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Aug 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Aug 6, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jul 31, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jul 28, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jul 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jul 24, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jun 24, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jun 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jun 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jun 5, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jun 4, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jun 3, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Jun 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on May 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

May 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Apr 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

Apr 10, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 Sep 14, 2026.