Hail in Fort Worth · May 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" 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 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 13th 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 76 /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
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 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 22, 2026 sits in Fort Worth's hail record.
This was Fort Worth's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Worth at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Worth: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Weatherford (14 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Roanoke (24 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Flower Mound (27 miles northeast, up to 1.25").
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Fort Worth. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Fort Worth roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$79M
Potential roof exposure — 6,592 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 33 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$495K
Close just 0.5% of the 6,592 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 $1,384 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 19, 2026
1"
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
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