“Emergency Manager reported a wind gust of 61mph as outflow moved through around 4:30pm. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Cedar Hill · Sep 20, 2026
Convective day · Sep 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Cedar Hill has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /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 Cedar Hill saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cedar Hill, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 20, 2026 sits in Cedar Hill's hail record.
This was Cedar Hill's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 118 days after the May 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cedar Hill at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cedar Hill: the same system put hail over 253 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Texas. Nearest: Arlington (11 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Cleburne (31 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Godley (32 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Cedar Hill 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
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 reportBelow the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Cedar Hill 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.
Potential roof exposure
$720K
Potential roof exposure — 60 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 $13 on top of the $150 plan.
Cedar Hill hail history
Other storms in Cedar Hill.
Estimated-size surface May 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
2.25"
NEXRAD surface Mar 3, 2026
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