Hail size 2"
Chillicothe Hardeman County
“Time estimated from radar. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Chillicothe May 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
935
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Chillicothe 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.
5.5 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /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 Chillicothe 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
1.5"
Where May 8, 2026 sits in Chillicothe's hail record
This was Chillicothe's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 24 days after the Apr 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chillicothe at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chillicothe: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 85 of them in Texas. Nearest: Vernon (15 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Quanah (18 miles west, up to 1.75"); Crowell (24 miles southwest, up to 0").
These maps are stills from Chillicothe's May 8, 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 2.5" hail means for Chillicothe roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 935 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
5 jobs
Illustrative work
~$75K
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.
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Chillicothe hail history
← All hail in Chillicothe 10 recorded storm days in Chillicothe, TX
Other storms in Chillicothe
Jul 5, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 23, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 18, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 10, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 14, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 1, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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.