Hail size 1"
2 W Benbrook Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Fort Worth Apr 25, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 4", and the radar-estimated size reached 2" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
4"
≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
292,996
Ground reports
40
39 hail · 1 windThe most severe storm Fort Worth 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.
10.0 /10
- Hail size
- 100 /100
- Homes exposed
- 100 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Fort Worth 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
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.
Max size
4"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
2"
Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Fort Worth's hail record
This was Fort Worth's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 52 days after the Mar 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Worth at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Worth: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Texas. Nearest: Arlington (9 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Mansfield (12 miles east, up to 2.5"); Grand Prairie (20 miles northeast, up to 4").
These maps are stills from Fort Worth's Apr 25, 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
39 reports Hail size 1"
2 NNW Eagle Mountain Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 E Sanctuary Parker County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
1 WNW Azle Tarrant County
“Delayed report. Social media report of 3 inch hailstone measured near Azle. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 N Pelican Bay Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
3 S Blue Mound Tarrant County
“Emailed photo. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NW Haltom City Tarrant County
“NWS Fort Worth Office. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
3 E Sansom Park Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NE Lake Worth Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 W Lakeside Tarrant County
“DELAYED LSR CORRECTION. Corrects previous hail size in this LSR to golf balls. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
3 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Social media photo. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
3 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
3 WSW White Settlement Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 W White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 N White Settlement Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
3 NNE Aledo Parker County
“Emailed photo. Time estimated. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Lake Worth Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Lake Worth Tarrant County
“Spotter network report. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 SE Richland Hills Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 W Pantego Tarrant County
“Spotter network report. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 W Dalworthington Gar Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
3 N Kennedale Tarrant County
“Delayed report. Received a photo of 2 inch hail near Lake Arlington. Time estimated by radar. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 NNE Pantego Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 W Richland Hills Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 SSW Arlington Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 E Westover Hills Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 N Benbrook Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 N Benbrook Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
2 S White Settlement Tarrant County
“Social media photo. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.25"
2 SW Westover Hills Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 S White Settlement Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
3 NNW Fort Worth Tarrant County
“Social media photo. Time estimated. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 SW Westover Hills Tarrant County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 ESE River Oaks Tarrant County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 70 mph
1 NW Westworth Tarrant County
“KNFW. (FWD)”
— 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
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 182 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Benbrook, Eagle Mountain, Sanctuary, Azle, Pelican Bay, and Blue Mound — beyond Fort Worth itself.
What 4" hail means for Fort Worth roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$3.5B
Potential roof exposure — 292,996 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1,465 jobs
Illustrative work
~$22M
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.
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Fort Worth hail history
← All hail in Fort Worth 12 recorded storm days in Fort Worth, TX
Other storms in Fort Worth
Jul 22, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 25, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
May 24, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 19, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 7, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
2
ground reports 
Mar 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
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 3, 2026.