Hail in Childress · May 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Childress that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Childress 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Childress 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.
Estimated size field 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 May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Childress, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Childress's hail record.
This was Childress's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Childress at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Childress: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Quanah (29 miles east, up to 1"); Turkey (34 miles west, up to 0.75"); Paducah (35 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Childress 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 Childress. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Childress 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.
Potential roof exposure
$1M
Potential roof exposure — 86 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $18 on top of the $150 plan.
Childress hail history
Other storms in Childress.
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
3.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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