Hail size 1"
1 NNW Brownwood Brown County
“(SJT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Brownwood May 19, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Brownwood this day.
Largest hailstone
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
2,984
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 4th most severe storm Brownwood 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.
3.9 /10
- Hail size
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /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 Brownwood 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
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 from Brownwood's May 19, 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 reportWhat 1.25" hail means for Brownwood 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
$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
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 Brownwood on the live map
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Brownwood hail history
← All hail in Brownwood 12 recorded storm days in Brownwood, TX
Other storms in Brownwood
Jul 6, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
Jun 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 24, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 29, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 18, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 15, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Apr 3, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" 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 3, 2026.