Hail size 1.75"
4 SSE Woodson Throckmorton County
“Reported Golfball size hail along county line southeast of Woodson by Woodson VFD. (SJT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Stephens
Hail in Breckenridge · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 3" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Breckenridge that day. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 4,558
Ground reports 5 4 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Breckenridge has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 73 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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 Breckenridge saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 15, 2026 · Breckenridge, TX
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
3"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Breckenridge, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Breckenridge's hail record.
This was Breckenridge's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Apr 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Breckenridge at 3" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Breckenridge: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Texas. Nearest: Graham (10 miles north, up to 3"); Caddo (12 miles east, up to 1.5"); Woodson (16 miles northwest, up to 3").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Breckenridge 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
5 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
4 reports Hail size 1.25"
1 E Breckenridge Stephens County
“Report from mPING Half Dollar 1.25 in. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Breckenridge Stephens County
“Viewer sent broadcast media a picture of quarter to half dollar sized hail on south Miller Street near downtown Breckenridge. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Breckenridge Stephens County
“Several Facebook reports and photos of up to golfball size hail in Breckenridge. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 65 mph
4 SSE Woodson Throckmorton County
“65 mph winds from a storm southeast of Woodson along county line. Reported by Woodson VFD. (SJT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 91 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Woodson — beyond Breckenridge itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for Breckenridge roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
4,558 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$55M
Potential roof exposure — 4,558 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 23 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$345K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,558 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
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $957 on top of the $150 plan.
Breckenridge hail history
Other storms in Breckenridge.
13 recorded storm days in Breckenridge, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Jul 5, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Jun 6, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Jun 2, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
May 28, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
May 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
May 10, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Apr 28, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Apr 11, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Apr 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Mar 10, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
7 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Breckenridge / TX
Mar 6, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.