Hail in Big Spring · May 23, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" 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 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /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
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 Big Spring, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 23, 2026 sits in Big Spring's hail record.
This was Big Spring's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Big Spring at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Big Spring: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 92 of them in Texas. Nearest: Garden City (17 miles south, up to 0.5"); Midland (22 miles west, up to 1.75"); Lenorah (25 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Big Spring. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Big Spring roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$5.5M
Potential roof exposure — 458 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 458 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 $96 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 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
2"
NEXRAD surface Apr 27, 2026
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