Hail in Austin · May 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Austin 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Austin saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Austin's hail record.
This was Austin's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 33 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Austin at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Austin: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Lyle (7 miles south, up to 1"); Rose Creek (10 miles east, up to 1.25"); Glenville (12 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Austin 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 Austin, 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Austin 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
Austin hail history
Other storms in Austin.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 3, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Apr 23, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Mar 30, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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