Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 238 hail signatures up to 4", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.75" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
4"
≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,265
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6 hail · 2 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
This was Colorado City's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Colorado City at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Colorado City: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 259 of them in Texas. Nearest: Loraine (8 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Maryneal (16 miles southeast, up to 2.5"); Roscoe (16 miles northeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Colorado City's May 10, 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.
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.
“[Landspout] Gustnado reported by storm chaser via Social Media near the intersection of Hwy 208 and CR 337 southeast of Colorado City. Gustnado was persistent for at l (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“[Landspout] Corrects previous landspout report from 14 SSE Colorado City. Gustnado reported by storm chaser via Social Media near the intersection of Hwy 208 and CR 33 (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Multiple mPING reports of tennis to baseball size hail along TX Hwy 208 10 miles NW of Silver. (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report via social media north of Colorado City. Time was estimated by radar. (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Social media report of Golf ball to hen egg size hail over Westbrook. Time was estimated by approximation of occurrence and by radar. (MAF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 20 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 71 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Westbrook and Loraine — beyond Colorado City itself.
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.
$15M
Potential roof exposure — 1,265 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Colorado City storm history — this May 10, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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9 recorded storm days in Colorado City, TX
Jul 19, 2026
0.75"
Jul 18, 2026
0.75"
Jul 5, 2026
1.75"
May 23, 2026
0.75"
May 22, 2026
1"
Apr 27, 2026
1"
Apr 13, 2026
2.75"
Apr 1, 2026