Hail in Santa Anna · Mar 7, 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 · Mar 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Santa Anna 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
- 16 /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 Santa Anna 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 Mar 7, 2026 sits in Santa Anna's hail record.
This was Santa Anna's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Santa Anna at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Santa Anna: the same system put hail over 254 other tracked cities, 75 of them in Texas. Nearest: Coleman (8 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Bangs (12 miles east, up to 1"); Voss (16 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Santa Anna 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 Santa Anna, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Santa Anna 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$60K
Potential roof exposure — 5 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $1 on top of the $150 plan.
Santa Anna hail history
Other storms in Santa Anna.
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 18, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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