Hail in Big Wells May 26, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature259
0
none filedThe most severe storm Big Wells 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /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 Wells saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Big Wells's hail record
This was Big Wells's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Big Wells at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Big Wells: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities, 139 of them in Texas. Nearest: Cotulla (10 miles east, up to 2.5"); Dilley (14 miles northeast, up to 2.25"); Catarina (14 miles southwest, up to 0").
These maps are stills from Big Wells's May 26, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Big Wells 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.
What 1" hail means for Big Wells roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$3.1M
Potential roof exposure — 259 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Big Wells on the live map
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