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Hail in Bastrop · Aug 20, 2026

Hit 28 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bastrop that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 127
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 2.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.9 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

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

Homes exposed
42 /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 Bastrop saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 20, 2026 · Bastrop, LA

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 hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 1.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bastrop, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 20, 2026 sits in Bastrop's hail record.

This was Bastrop's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 47 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bastrop at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bastrop: the same system put hail over 640 other tracked cities. Nearest: Crossett (21 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Montrose (30 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Strong (31 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Bastrop 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Bastrop. 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.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Bastrop 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.

127 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.5M

Potential roof exposure — 127 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 127 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $27 on top of the $150 plan.

Bastrop hail history

Other storms in Bastrop.

13 recorded storm days in Bastrop, LA
← All hail in Bastrop
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Jul 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Jun 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Jun 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

May 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

May 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Apr 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Apr 29, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Apr 28, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Apr 25, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Apr 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Apr 24, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Apr 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Apr 3, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bastrop, LA on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bastrop / LA

Mar 15, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 Aug 21, 2026.