Hail in Big Spring May 23, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Big Spring this day.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft458
0
none filedThe 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.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /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 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.
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.
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 from Big Spring's May 23, 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 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.
What 1.75" hail means for Big Spring roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$5.5M
Potential roof exposure — 458 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Big Spring on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Big Spring, TX
Other storms in Big Spring
Jul 18, 2026
0.75"
Jul 5, 2026
1"
May 20, 2026
0.5"
May 10, 2026
2"
Apr 27, 2026