Hail in Friona May 22, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Friona this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft17
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none filedThe 8th most severe storm Friona 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 25 /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 Friona 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.
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 Friona, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Friona's hail record
This was Friona's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Friona at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Friona: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Farwell (16 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Hereford (20 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Dimmitt (27 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Friona's May 22, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Friona. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.75" hail means for Friona roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$204K
Potential roof exposure — 17 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Friona on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Friona, TX
Other storms in Friona
Jul 31, 2026
1.5"
Jul 24, 2026
1"
Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Jul 5, 2026
1.25"
Jul 4, 2026
2.25"
Jul 1, 2026
0.5"
Jun 25, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
1.25"
May 30, 2026
1.75"
May 23, 2026
1.25"