Hail in Silver City · May 1, 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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Convective day · May 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Silver City 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
- 13 /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 Silver City saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 1, 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 May 1, 2026 sits in Silver City's hail record.
This was Silver City's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Silver City at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Silver City: the same system put hail over 50 other tracked cities. Nearest: La Pryor (560 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Sabinal (571 miles east, up to 0.75"); Pearsall (604 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Silver City 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.
For this storm over Silver City, 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 Silver City 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
Silver City hail history
Other storms in Silver City.
Aug 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 3, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
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