Hail in White Sands Missile Range Jul 17, 2026
Hit 17 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over White Sands Missile Range this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft1
0
none filedWhite Sands Missile Range's only recorded storm 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
- 6 /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 White Sands Missile Range 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-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over White Sands Missile Range, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 17, 2026 sits in White Sands Missile Range's hail record
This was White Sands Missile Range's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over White Sands Missile Range at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than White Sands Missile Range: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 8 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Carlsbad (103 miles east, up to 1"); Hope (108 miles east, up to 0.5"); Lovington (186 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from White Sands Missile Range's Jul 17, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over White Sands Missile Range. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.5" hail means for White Sands Missile Range 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.
$12K
Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over White Sands Missile Range on the live map
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1 recorded storm day in White Sands Missile Range, NM