Hail in Solano · Aug 1, 2026
Convective day · Aug 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Solano 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
- 44 /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 Solano 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Aug 1, 2026 sits in Solano's hail record.
This was Solano's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Solano at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Aug 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Solano: the same system put hail over 98 other tracked cities, 26 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Mosquero (9 miles east, up to 1.75"); San Jon (53 miles southeast, up to 3"); Tucumcari (53 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Solano 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 Solano, 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Solano roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Solano hail history
Other storms in Solano.
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
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