Hail in Overton · May 6, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Overton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Overton 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
- 13 /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 Overton saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Overton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 6, 2026 sits in Overton's hail record.
This was Overton's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 8th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Overton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Overton: the same system put hail over 226 other tracked cities. Nearest: Wylie (558 miles south, up to 0.5"); Mount Pleasant (574 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Wheatley (611 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Overton 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Overton. 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 Overton 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
Overton hail history
Other storms in Overton.
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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