Hail Reports

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Time Size State County Location Narrative
19:20Z 1.50 AZ Maricopa Cashion Hailstorm moved from southwest to northeast across the central Phoenix area. Hail up to 1.5 diameter fell in this swath. The hail broke hundreds of skylights and damaged roofs and cars from southwest Phoenix, to north central Phoenix, to Carefree.
19:50Z 0.88 AZ Yavapai Bagdad Dime to nickel sized (3/4 to 7/8 inch diameter) hail fell near Bagdad. Roads were also flooded in the area.
20:00Z 1.00 AZ Yavapai Bagdad Quarter sized (1 inch in diameter) fell in Bagdad. Minor street flooding was also reported.
21:30Z 0.75 CA Inyo Bishop The largest stones were penny size; most stones were smaller.
22:05Z 2.50 AZ Maricopa Scottsdale This storm moved from south of Chandler to far north Scottsdale. As the storm moved through Scottsdale, the storm dropped up to tennis ball sized hail. The hail damaged hundreds of roofs and vehicles. Dozens of aircraft at Scottsdale airport were damaged by the hail.
23:16Z 3.00 AZ Maricopa West Chandler This storm moved from Firebird Lake, south of Chandler to the north Glendale/south Peoria area. This storm produced widespread golf ball to baseball sized hail along its path. Thousands of roofs and vehicles were damaged by the hail. Locations in northwest Phoenix and Glendale were impacted by this storm as well as the storm shortly after noon, compounding the damage. The football coach at Alhambra High School reported at least one injury when large hail struck the practice field. This palm-size hail is likely the largest hail ever reported in the Phoenix area.|Large hail, estimated to be upwards of 2 inches in diameter, punctured 34 skylights at the main warehouse of St. Mary's Food bank in Phoenix. As a result, water ruined approximately 20 percent of the food inventory, the equivalent of 1.4 million meals. Rain soaked the food, which was stored in cardboard boxes. This information was reported by St. Mary's spokesman Jerry Brown. The damages of 200 thousand dollars covered both the roof damage as well as money to replace the ruined food.
23:30Z 0.50 AZ Yavapai Crookton Hail on the road caused a roll over near mile post 130 in Interstate 40.
06:42Z 1.75 AZ Gila Payson Large hail fell near Payson. The majority of the hail was 1.25 inches in diameter with the largest stones were 2.25 inches in diameter.
08:30Z 0.90 AZ Maricopa Buckhorn A trained weather spottter at Val Vista and University in Mesa reported nickel sized hail during the early morning hours of October 6th. Heavy rainfall was also occurring at the time of the large hail.
11:30Z 1.75 AZ Yavapai Cornville A thunderstorm produced hail across Cornville that ranged from quarter to golf ball sized (1 to 1.75 inches in diameter).

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).