Hail size 1"
Storrie Lake State Park San Miguel County
“(ABQ)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · San Miguel
Hail in Las Vegas · Aug 19, 2026
Hit 24 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,780
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Las Vegas has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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
Aug 19, 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
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
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
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 19, 2026 sits in Las Vegas's hail record.
This was Las Vegas's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Aug 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Las Vegas at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Las Vegas: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 14 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Montezuma (15 miles north, up to 1.5"); Ribera (22 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Sapello (24 miles northwest, up to 2").
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
2 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
6 E Storrie Lake State San Miguel County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (ABQ)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 61 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Storrie Lake State Park and Storrie Lake State — beyond Las Vegas itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Las Vegas roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
3,780 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$45M
Potential roof exposure — 3,780 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 19 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$285K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,780 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
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 $794 on top of the $150 plan.
Las Vegas hail history
Other storms in Las Vegas.
18 recorded storm days in Las Vegas, NM
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Aug 26, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Aug 25, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Aug 16, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Aug 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Aug 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jul 31, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jul 28, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jul 24, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jun 24, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jun 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jun 5, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jun 4, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jun 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
May 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Las Vegas / NM
May 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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.