The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cleburne that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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 Apr 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cleburne, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was Cleburne's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 49 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cleburne at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cleburne: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Texas. Nearest: Rio Vista (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Covington (9 miles southeast, up to 2"); Godley (14 miles northwest, up to 2.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Cleburne 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
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.
“An EF-1 tornado formed to the northeast of Rio Vista the evening of Tuesday... April 28th. Damage to trees and lightweight metal structures was reported east of Rio Vis (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“An EF-0 tornado formed west of Cleburne and moved southeast across Lake Pat Cleburne the evening of Tuesday... April 28th. Damage to trees was reported as well as damag (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Trained spotter reported baseball size hail near Godley. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Amateur radio operator reported baseball hail near US 67 and Chisholm Trail Expressway. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Amateur radio operator reported 2 inch hail at Cleburne High School. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Amateur radio operator reported 3 inch hail at the Johnson County EOC in Cleburne. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Trained spotter reported 4.5 inch hail on 171 between Cresson and Godley. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Trained spotter submitted photos of measured 3.5 inch hail. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“NOAA employee reported 3 inch hail between Godley and Cleburne. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Amateur radio operator reported 2 inch hail 5 miles west southwest of Grandview. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 25 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 48 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Godley, Covington, and Rio Vista — beyond Cleburne itself.
Severe hail signal
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
Potential roof exposure
$384M
Potential roof exposure — 31,992 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 31,992 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $6,718 on top of the $150 plan.
Cleburne hail history
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