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Hail in Mescalero · Jul 18, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mescalero 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 1
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jul 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Mescalero has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

0.9 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
6 /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 Mescalero saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 18, 2026 · Mescalero, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 18, 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"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mescalero, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 18, 2026 sits in Mescalero's hail record.

This was Mescalero's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Jul 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mescalero at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mescalero: the same system put hail over 377 other tracked cities, 5 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Tatum (133 miles east, up to 0.5"); Lovington (134 miles east, up to 1"); Silver City (172 miles west, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Mescalero 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 Mescalero, 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 Mescalero 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.

1 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$12K

Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $0 on top of the $150 plan.

Mescalero hail history

Other storms in Mescalero.

15 recorded storm days in Mescalero, NM
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Aug 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Aug 7, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Aug 5, 2026

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

Aug 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 31, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 27, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 21, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 21, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 3, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jun 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jun 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jun 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
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 29, 2026.