Hail size 1.5"
12 WSW Rough Canyon Rec Val Verde County
“Ping pong ball size hail on Lake Amistad. Time estimated from radar. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Del Rio Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Del Rio this day.
Largest hailstone
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
2,173
Ground reports
2
1 hail · 1 windThe 5th most severe storm Del Rio 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.
4.4 /10
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Del Rio 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.
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"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Del Rio, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Del Rio's hail record
This was Del Rio's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Apr 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Del Rio at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Del Rio: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 25 of them in Texas. Nearest: Brackettville (41 miles east, up to 1.75"); Comstock (42 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Rocksprings (44 miles east, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills from Del Rio's Apr 14, 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 reportWind reports
1 report Wind gust 60 mph
10 WSW Rough Canyon Rec Val Verde County
“The Emergency Manager reported 60 mph wind gusts estimated on Lake Amistad. Time estimated from radar. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Rough Canyon Rec — beyond Del Rio itself.
What 1.5" hail means for Del Rio roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$26M
Potential roof exposure — 2,173 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
11 jobs
Illustrative work
~$165K
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.
Track hail over Del Rio on the live map
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Del Rio hail history
← All hail in Del Rio 10 recorded storm days in Del Rio, TX
Other storms in Del Rio
May 22, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 19, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
2
ground reports 
May 10, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 29, 2026
4" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 4"
3
ground reports 
Apr 11, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 10, 2026
2.75" Estimated 2.75"
6
ground reports 
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
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 2, 2026.