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Hail in Las Vegas · Aug 6, 2026

Hit 37 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 48
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Las Vegas has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.6 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
34 /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

Aug 6, 2026 · Las Vegas, NM

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 6, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 6, 2026 sits in Las Vegas's hail record.

This was Las Vegas's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Jul 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Las Vegas at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Las Vegas: the same system put hail over 461 other tracked cities, 2 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Santa Rosa (55 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Corona (97 miles south, up to 0.5"); Dalhart (144 miles east, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Las Vegas 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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

48 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$576K

Potential roof exposure — 48 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $10 on top of the $150 plan.

Las Vegas hail history

Other storms in Las Vegas.

18 recorded storm days in Las Vegas, NM
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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"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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 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 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Las Vegas / NM

May 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" 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 Aug 27, 2026.