Tornado Rating unknown
2 NNE Shannon Clay County
“Two tornadoes on the ground. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bowie Apr 25, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.75" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
9
Ground reports
3
3 tornadoThe 2nd most severe storm Bowie has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.7 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 20 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Bowie 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
3
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
1.75"
Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Bowie's hail record
This was Bowie's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bowie at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bowie: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Texas. Nearest: Bellevue (14 miles north, up to 1.75"); Henrietta (15 miles northwest, up to 3.25"); Jacksboro (18 miles south, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Bowie's Apr 25, 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.
Tornado reports
3 reports Tornado Rating unknown
13 NNW Jacksboro Jack County
“NWS survey team confirms an EF 0 tornado that impacted portions of North Jack County near Pudding Valley. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
10 N Jacksboro Jack County
“A NWS survey team confirms an EF 1 tornado that impacted portions of North Jack County near Maryetta. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 20 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 33 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Shannon and Jacksboro — beyond Bowie itself.
What 2.5" hail means for Bowie roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$108K
Potential roof exposure — 9 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Bowie on the live map
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Bowie hail history
← All hail in Bowie 7 recorded storm days in Bowie, TX
Other storms in Bowie
Jun 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 24, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 8, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 28, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2.5"
5
ground reports
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.