Tornado Rating unknown
8 NW Godley Johnson County
“A brief tornado on the east side of Cresson was captured on video the evening of Tuesday... April 28th. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Parker
Hail in Aledo · Apr 28, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Aledo that day. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 9,418
Ground reports 5 4 hail · 1 tornado
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Aledo has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 79 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Aledo saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 28, 2026 · Aledo, TX
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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Aledo, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Aledo's hail record.
This was Aledo's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Aledo at 2.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Aledo: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Texas. Nearest: Weatherford (7 miles northeast, up to 2"); Cresson (7 miles southwest, up to 2.75"); Fort Worth (15 miles east, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Aledo 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
5 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
4 reports Hail size 1.75"
5 WSW Annetta South Parker County
“Storm chaser reported golf ball size hail 5 miles west southwest of Annetta South. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
8 NW Godley Hood County
“Report from mPING of 2.75 inch hail in Cresson. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 SSE Aledo Parker County
“Amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail south of Aledo on Kelly Rd at the Trinity River crossing. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Annetta South Parker County
“Broadcast media reported 1.75 inch hail in Annetta South. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 18 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Annetta South and Godley — beyond Aledo itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.75" hail means for Aledo roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
9,418 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$113M
Potential roof exposure — 9,418 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 47 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$705K
Close just 0.5% of the 9,418 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $1,978 on top of the $150 plan.
NEXRAD surface Storm date Aledo / TX
Jul 7, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Aledo / TX
Jul 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Aledo / TX
Jun 2, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Aledo / TX
May 28, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Aledo / TX
May 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Aledo / TX
May 8, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
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 3, 2026.