“Picture of quarter sized hail sent by EM from between Granger and Jarrell. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bartlett · May 19, 2026
Convective day · May 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Bartlett 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
- 63 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Bartlett 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 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bartlett, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 19, 2026 sits in Bartlett's hail record.
This was Bartlett's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bartlett at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bartlett: the same system put hail over 263 other tracked cities, 151 of them in Texas. Nearest: Granger (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Jarrell (12 miles west, up to 1.25"); Salado (14 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Bartlett 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.
Hail reports
1 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Bartlett 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
$18M
Potential roof exposure — 1,488 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 7 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$105K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,488 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 $312 on top of the $150 plan.
Bartlett hail history
Other storms in Bartlett.
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