Hail in Cherokee · Sep 27, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cherokee that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Cherokee 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
- 10 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Cherokee 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.
Estimated size field 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cherokee, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 27, 2026 sits in Cherokee's hail record.
This was Cherokee's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Sep 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cherokee at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cherokee: the same system put hail over 43 other tracked cities, 13 of them in Texas. Nearest: Bertram (38 miles east, up to 0.75"); Liberty Hill (41 miles southeast, up to 1"); Evant (45 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Cherokee 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Cherokee. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Cherokee 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
$24K
Potential roof exposure — 2 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 $0 on top of the $150 plan.
Cherokee hail history
Other storms in Cherokee.
Estimated-size surface Sep 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 30, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 18, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 12, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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