Hail in Gilmer · May 22, 2026
Convective day · May 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Gilmer 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
- 70 /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 Gilmer saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Gilmer, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Gilmer's hail record.
This was Gilmer's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gilmer at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gilmer: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Diana (9 miles east, up to 0.5"); Big Sandy (12 miles west, up to 0.75"); Ore City (14 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Gilmer 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 Gilmer. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Gilmer 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
$40M
Potential roof exposure — 3,296 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,296 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 $692 on top of the $150 plan.
Gilmer hail history
Other storms in Gilmer.
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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