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Hail in Virgin · Sep 15, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Virgin that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Virgin has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Virgin saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 15, 2026 · Virgin, UT

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Virgin, UT on Sep 15, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Virgin, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in Virgin's hail record.

This was Virgin's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Aug 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Virgin at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Virgin: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Utah. Nearest: Hinckley (148 miles north, up to 0.5"); Ganado (219 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Fruitland (238 miles northeast, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Virgin 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Virgin. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Virgin 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

Virgin hail history

4 recorded storm days in Virgin, UT

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 16, 2026.