Hail in Alpine · May 23, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Alpine that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Alpine 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 42 /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 Alpine 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 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Alpine, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 23, 2026 sits in Alpine's hail record.
This was Alpine's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Alpine at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Alpine: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 92 of them in Texas. Nearest: Fort Davis (33 miles north, up to 0.5"); Terlingua (53 miles south, up to 0.5"); Ozona (122 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Alpine 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Alpine for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Alpine 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.
Potential roof exposure
$1.5M
Potential roof exposure — 123 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 123 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $26 on top of the $150 plan.
Alpine hail history
Other storms in Alpine.
Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 20, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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