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Hail in Las Vegas · Aug 26, 2026

Hit 17 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Las Vegas that day. 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 49
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 26, 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 26, 2026 · Las Vegas, NM

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Las Vegas, NM on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 26, 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 Aug 26, 2026 sits in Las Vegas's hail record.

This was Las Vegas's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 25, 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 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Las Vegas: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 9 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Montezuma (15 miles north, up to 0.75"); Anton Chico (18 miles south, up to 1.25"); Sapello (24 miles northwest, up to 0.75").

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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Las Vegas. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

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.

49 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$588K

Potential roof exposure — 49 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 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 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.