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Hail in Mescalero · Aug 7, 2026

Hit 36 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" 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 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 187
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Mescalero has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.3 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
45 /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

Aug 7, 2026 · Mescalero, 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 Mescalero, NM on Aug 7, 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 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 7, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mescalero, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 7, 2026 sits in Mescalero's hail record.

This was Mescalero's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mescalero at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mescalero: the same system put hail over 709 other tracked cities, 16 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Capitan (21 miles north, up to 0.5"); Tularosa (22 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Cloudcroft (22 miles south, 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Mescalero for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Mescalero roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

187 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.2M

Potential roof exposure — 187 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 187 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 $39 on top of the $150 plan.

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 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 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.