Hail in Alvord Apr 28, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft102
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Alvord 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
- 40 /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 Alvord 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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Alvord's hail record
This was Alvord's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Alvord at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Alvord: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Texas. Nearest: Chico (9 miles west, up to 1.75"); Sunset (11 miles north, up to 1.25"); Decatur (15 miles east, up to 2").
These maps are stills from Alvord's Apr 28, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Alvord. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.5" hail means for Alvord 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.
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 102 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Alvord on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Alvord, TX
Other storms in Alvord
Jun 18, 2026
0.75"
May 24, 2026
1"
May 22, 2026
1"
May 19, 2026
0.5"
Apr 25, 2026
1"
Apr 15, 2026
1"
Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
Mar 4, 2026
1.75"