Hail in Big Spring · May 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Big Spring that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Big Spring 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Big Spring saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Big Spring, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 20, 2026 sits in Big Spring's hail record.
This was Big Spring's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Big Spring at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Big Spring: the same system put hail over 109 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Texas. Nearest: Midland (22 miles west, up to 0.5"); Knott (33 miles north, up to 0.5"); Andrews (58 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Big Spring 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 Big Spring 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Big Spring roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1M
Potential roof exposure — 86 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $18 on top of the $150 plan.
Big Spring hail history
Other storms in Big Spring.
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
2"
NEXRAD surface Apr 27, 2026
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