Hail in De Leon · May 22, 2026
Convective day · May 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm De Leon 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
- 56 /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 De Leon saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over De Leon, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 22, 2026 sits in De Leon's hail record.
This was De Leon's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over De Leon at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than De Leon: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Dublin (12 miles east, up to 0.75"); Comanche (19 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Gorman (19 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 De Leon 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over De Leon. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for De Leon 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
$7.5M
Potential roof exposure — 622 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 622 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
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 $131 on top of the $150 plan.
De Leon hail history
Other storms in De Leon.
NEXRAD surface Jul 5, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Feb 14, 2026
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