Hail in Dripping Springs Apr 18, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature36
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Dripping Springs has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Dripping Springs saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 18, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 18, 2026 sits in Dripping Springs's hail record
This was Dripping Springs's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dripping Springs at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dripping Springs: the same system put hail over 72 other tracked cities, 70 of them in Texas. Nearest: Wimberley (14 miles south, up to 1"); Austin (26 miles southeast, up to 1"); Round Rock (33 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Dripping Springs's Apr 18, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Dripping Springs. 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.
What 1" hail means for Dripping Springs roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$432K
Potential roof exposure — 36 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Dripping Springs on the live map
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2 recorded storm days in Dripping Springs, TX
