Hail size 1.75"
2 SW Lake View Val Verde County
“Report of numerous hail stones size of golf balls via phone call to the office. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Val Verde
Hail in Del Rio · Apr 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 4" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 4" ≈ softball or larger · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 16,964
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Del Rio has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 8.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 100 /100
- Homes exposed
- 85 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Del Rio saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 29, 2026 · Del Rio, TX
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
4"
The storm in context
Where Apr 29, 2026 sits in Del Rio's hail record.
This was Del Rio's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Apr 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Del Rio at 4" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Del Rio: the same system put hail over 248 other tracked cities, 116 of them in Texas. Nearest: Ozona (53 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Rocksprings (65 miles east, up to 2"); Uvalde (66 miles east, up to 3.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Del Rio 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
3 reports filed with the NWS
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
3 reports Hail size 2"
3 SE Lake View Val Verde County
“Via Facebook. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
3 WSW Rough Canyon Recr Val Verde County
“Public report of hail to golf ball size off Spur 406 on the north side of Lake Amistad. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 23 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Lake View and Rough Canyon Recr — beyond Del Rio itself.
Severe hail signal
What 4" hail means for Del Rio roofs.
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
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
16,964 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$204M
Potential roof exposure — 16,964 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 85 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.3M
Close just 0.5% of the 16,964 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 $3,562 on top of the $150 plan.
Del Rio hail history
Other storms in Del Rio.
10 recorded storm days in Del Rio, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
May 22, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
May 19, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
May 10, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
Apr 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
Apr 14, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
Apr 11, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
Mar 10, 2026
2.75" Estimated 2.75"
6 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Del Rio / TX
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.