Hail in Ruidoso Downs Jul 25, 2026
Hit 9 days agoNEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.5". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature0
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Ruidoso Downs has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Ruidoso Downs saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 25, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Ruidoso Downs's hail record
This was Ruidoso Downs's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jul 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ruidoso Downs at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ruidoso Downs: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 2 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Mescalero (16 miles southwest, up to 1"); Tularosa (24 miles west, up to 1"); Mc Neal (271 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Ruidoso Downs's Jul 25, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 Ruidoso Downs, 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Ruidoso Downs roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
Track hail over Ruidoso Downs on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Ruidoso Downs storm history — this Jul 25, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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3 recorded storm days in Ruidoso Downs, NM
