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Hail in Mescalero · Jul 21, 2026

NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.5"; the estimated-size surface had no signal 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 · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 NEXRAD only

Convective day · Jul 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Mescalero has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
0 /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 21, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 21, 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 0.5" Detections 1

Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 21, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 21, 2026 sits in Mescalero's hail record.

This was Mescalero's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Jul 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mescalero at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mescalero: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 12 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Bluewater (195 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Ramah (201 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Cuba (207 miles north, up to 0.75").

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

Mescalero hail history

Other storms in Mescalero.

15 recorded storm days in Mescalero, NM
← All hail in Mescalero
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 →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mescalero, NM on Jul 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mescalero / NM

Jul 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 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.