Hail in Fort Worth · May 19, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fort Worth that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Fort Worth has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 97 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 19, 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 May 19, 2026 sits in Fort Worth's hail record.
This was Fort Worth's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Worth at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Worth: the same system put hail over 263 other tracked cities, 151 of them in Texas. Nearest: Crowley (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Burleson (14 miles south, up to 0.75"); Weatherford (14 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
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
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Fort Worth for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Fort Worth roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$852M
Potential roof exposure — 70,967 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 355 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$5.3M
Close just 0.5% of the 70,967 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $14,903 on top of the $150 plan.
Fort Worth hail history
Other storms in Fort Worth.
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 7, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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