Storm report · Stephens

Hail in Breckenridge May 28, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 18 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

Largest hailstone

1.25"

≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

59

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 9th most severe storm Breckenridge 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.

2.8 /10
Hail size
31 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
36 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Breckenridge 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Breckenridge, TX on May 28, 2026

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.

Max size 1.25" Detections 18
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Breckenridge, TX on May 28, 2026

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 0.5"
The storm in context

Where May 28, 2026 sits in Breckenridge's hail record

This was Breckenridge's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the May 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Breckenridge at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Breckenridge: the same system put hail over 198 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Texas. Nearest: Graham (10 miles north, up to 0.75"); Strawn (20 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Albany (26 miles west, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills from Breckenridge's May 28, 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.

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.

For this storm over Breckenridge, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Shingle-bruising hail

What 1.25" hail means for Breckenridge 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.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$708K

Potential roof exposure — 59 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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.

Track hail over Breckenridge on the live map

Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Breckenridge storm history — this May 28, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.

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Breckenridge hail history

13 recorded storm days in Breckenridge, TX

← All hail in Breckenridge

Other storms in Breckenridge

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 3, 2026.