On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the National Weather Service in Phoenix issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at 3:04 p.m. that listed Sun City West among the locations impacted. A second warning followed at 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, October 22. That one placed the storm “near Sun City West,” moving north at 40 mph. Both warnings were radar-indicated. Both named 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-size hail as the hazards.<\/p>\n
A warning means forecasters saw a storm on radar that could bring damaging hail or wind along its path. It is not a report that hail fell on your street.<\/p>\n
The first warning ran until 3:45 p.m. A 3:18 p.m. update raised the hail threat to ping pong ball size, and Sun City West was still on its list. The overnight warning ran until 2 a.m. It also mentioned torrential rain and possible flash flooding.<\/p>\n
Ground reports are a separate record. As of midday Thursday, the NWS Phoenix storm reports in the Iowa State archive showed Wednesday’s hail east of here, near Glendale, Peoria and Deer Valley. The largest was estimated at 2 inches near Glendale. None of those reports were placed in Sun City West. That does not mean nothing fell here. It means no report from here had been filed.<\/p>\n
Our Valley-wide guide has the full post-hail checklist: Hail in the Valley this week: how to check your roof<\/a>. Add this week’s photos to your roof file. Our Sun City West roof records guide<\/a> explains what to keep.<\/p>\n An inspection can separate fresh damage from older wear. That matters if you speak with your insurer. Our roof insurance claims page<\/a> explains the steps. Your own policy decides what is covered.<\/p>\n If you are away for part of the year, a neighbor or home watch service can take the photos for you.<\/p>\n For a free roof inspection, contact Apex Roofing Systems<\/a> or call (480) 808-ROOF (7663). You can also read more on our Sun City West service page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sources:<\/strong> NWS Phoenix Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, Oct. 21, 2026 (Iowa State IEM archive)<\/a>; NWS Phoenix Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, Oct. 22, 2026 (Iowa State IEM archive)<\/a>; NWS local storm reports, Iowa State IEM<\/a>; National Weather Service Phoenix<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Weather Service listed Sun City West in severe thunderstorm warnings on Oct. 21 and 22, 2026. Here is what those warnings do and do not tell you, and a calm way to check your roof.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roofing","category-sun-city-west"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexroofsystems.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}If you do see something<\/h2>\n