Hail size 1.25"
6 SW Benbrook Tarrant County
“Report from mPING of 1.25 inch hail southwest of Benbrook. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Tarrant
Hail in Fort Worth · Apr 28, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fort Worth that day. At 2.25" — tennis ball — 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 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 64,830
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Fort Worth has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 96 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Fort Worth saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 28, 2026 · Fort Worth, TX
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
2.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fort Worth, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Fort Worth's hail record.
This was Fort Worth's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Worth at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Worth: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Texas. Nearest: Crowley (7 miles south, up to 1"); Weatherford (14 miles northwest, up to 2"); Burleson (14 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Fort Worth 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
2 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
2 reports Hail size 1"
4 W Burleson Johnson County
“Report from mPING of 1 inch hail west southwest of Burleson. (FWD)”
— 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.
Reports came from Benbrook and Burleson — beyond Fort Worth itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.25" hail means for Fort Worth 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.
64,830 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$778M
Potential roof exposure — 64,830 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 324 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$4.9M
Close just 0.5% of the 64,830 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 $13,614 on top of the $150 plan.
Fort Worth hail history
Other storms in Fort Worth.
14 recorded storm days in Fort Worth, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Sep 11, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Aug 26, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Jul 22, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Jul 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Jun 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
May 25, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
May 24, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
May 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
May 19, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
May 7, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Apr 25, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2"
40 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Worth / TX
Mar 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
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 Sep 12, 2026.