Hail in Abilene May 22, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Abilene this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft211
0
none filedThe 10th most severe storm Abilene has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Abilene saw the hail — from two instruments
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 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Abilene, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Abilene's hail record
This was Abilene's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 35 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Abilene at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Abilene: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Baird (30 miles east, up to 0.75"); Hamlin (36 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Cisco (45 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Abilene's May 22, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 Abilene. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Abilene roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$2.5M
Potential roof exposure — 211 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Abilene on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Abilene, TX
Other storms in Abilene
Jul 5, 2026
2"
Jun 6, 2026
1.75"
May 28, 2026
1.75"
Apr 17, 2026
1"
Apr 15, 2026
2"
Apr 11, 2026
0.75"
Apr 3, 2026
1"
Mar 10, 2026
2.25"
Mar 6, 2026
1"