Hail size 1"
1 NNW Brownwood Brown County
“(SJT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Brown
Hail in Brownwood · May 19, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Brownwood that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,984
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · May 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Brownwood has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Brownwood saw the hail — from two instruments
May 19, 2026 · Brownwood, 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
1.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Brownwood, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 19, 2026 sits in Brownwood's hail record.
This was Brownwood's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 20 days after the Apr 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Brownwood at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Brownwood: the same system put hail over 263 other tracked cities, 151 of them in Texas. Nearest: Brookesmith (11 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Bangs (14 miles northwest, up to 1"); Zephyr (19 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Brownwood 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.
Hail reports
1 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Brownwood roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
2,984 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$36M
Potential roof exposure — 2,984 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 15 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$225K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,984 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
May 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $627 on top of the $150 plan.
Brownwood hail history
Other storms in Brownwood.
12 recorded storm days in Brownwood, TX
NEXRAD surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Jul 6, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Jul 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Jun 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Jun 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
May 24, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Apr 29, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Apr 18, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Apr 15, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Apr 3, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Mar 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Brownwood / TX
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
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.