Hail size 1"
Runaway Bay Wise County
“Report and video on X showed up to quarter size hail fell in Runaway Bay. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bridgeport Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bridgeport this day.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
1,395
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 8th most severe storm Bridgeport 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.
3.3 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 63 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Bridgeport saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bridgeport, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Bridgeport's hail record
This was Bridgeport's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bridgeport at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bridgeport: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Texas. Nearest: Chico (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Jacksboro (12 miles west, up to 2"); Perrin (13 miles southwest, up to 2").
These maps are stills from Bridgeport's Apr 15, 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.
Hail reports
1 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
Reports came from Runaway Bay — beyond Bridgeport itself.
What 1" hail means for Bridgeport 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
$17M
Potential roof exposure — 1,395 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
7 jobs
Illustrative work
~$105K
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.
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Bridgeport hail history
← All hail in Bridgeport 11 recorded storm days in Bridgeport, TX
Other storms in Bridgeport
Jun 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 28, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 10, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 28, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.5"
3
ground reports 
Apr 25, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
9
ground reports 
Mar 10, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
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.