Hail in Decatur · Apr 25, 2026
Convective day · Apr 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Decatur 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Decatur 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
The storm in context
Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Decatur's hail record.
This was Decatur's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Apr 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Decatur at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Decatur: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Texas. Nearest: Boyd (7 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Newark (10 miles south, up to 2.5"); Alvord (16 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Decatur 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Decatur for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Decatur 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
Decatur hail history
Other storms in Decatur.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 16, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface May 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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