Hail in Raton · Apr 11, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures 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 · Apr 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Raton 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 Raton saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
The storm in context
Where Apr 11, 2026 sits in Raton's hail record.
This was Raton's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Raton at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Raton: the same system put hail over 134 other tracked cities, 8 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Cimarron (43 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); La Madera (90 miles southwest, up to 1"); Olney Springs (94 miles north, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Raton 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Raton 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Raton 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
Estimated-size surface Sep 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
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