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Hail in Briscoe · Sep 15, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Briscoe that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 34
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 5th most severe storm Briscoe has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.8 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
31 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Briscoe saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 15, 2026 · Briscoe, TX

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Briscoe, TX on Sep 15, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Briscoe, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in Briscoe's hail record.

This was Briscoe's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Aug 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Briscoe at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Briscoe: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Texas. Nearest: Wheeler (11 miles south, up to 0.5"); Reydon (17 miles east, up to 0.5"); Miami (21 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Briscoe 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

1 report 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.

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 60 mph
5 N Briscoe Hemphill County

“Xcel mesonet 5.5N of Briscoe... TX. (AMA)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Briscoe roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

34 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$408K

Potential roof exposure — 34 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.

Briscoe hail history

5 recorded storm days in Briscoe, TX

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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 Sep 16, 2026.