Hail in Los Alamos · Jun 5, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1"; 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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Convective day · Jun 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Los Alamos 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Los Alamos saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jun 5, 2026 sits in Los Alamos's hail record.
This was Los Alamos's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Los Alamos at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Los Alamos: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 23 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Ilfeld (47 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Moriarty (58 miles south, up to 0.75"); Tijeras (62 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos, 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 Los Alamos 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
Los Alamos hail history
Other storms in Los Alamos.
Estimated-size surface Aug 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 1, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 15, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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