Tornado Rating unknown
8 NW Godley Johnson County
“A brief tornado on the east side of Cresson was captured on video the evening of Tuesday... April 28th. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Johnson
Hail in Godley · Apr 28, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Godley that day. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 7,967
Ground reports 14 11 hail · 1 wind · 2 tornado
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Godley has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 78 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Godley saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 28, 2026 · Godley, TX
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
2.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Godley, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Godley's hail record.
This was Godley's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 55 days after the Mar 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Godley at 2.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Godley: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Texas. Nearest: Joshua (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Cleburne (9 miles southeast, up to 2"); Burleson (9 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Godley 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
14 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.
Tornado reports
2 reports Tornado Rating unknown
3 WSW Cleburne Johnson County
“An EF-0 tornado formed west of Cleburne and moved southeast across Lake Pat Cleburne the evening of Tuesday... April 28th. Damage to trees was reported as well as damag (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail reports
11 reports Hail size 3"
2 NW Godley Johnson County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
2 NW Godley Johnson County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
2 NW Godley Johnson County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
1 ENE Godley Johnson County
“Trained spotter reported baseball size hail near Godley. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
3 N Godley Johnson County
“3 inch wind driven hail. Broken windows on homes. Gray Fox Court near Godley. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
8 NW Godley Hood County
“Report from mPING of 2.75 inch hail in Cresson. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 NW Cleburne Johnson County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4.5"
4 ESE Godley Johnson County
“Trained spotter reported 4.5 inch hail on 171 between Cresson and Godley. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3.5"
2 E Godley Johnson County
“Trained spotter submitted photos of measured 3.5 inch hail. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
4 ESE Godley Johnson County
“NOAA employee reported 3 inch hail between Godley and Cleburne. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
2 E Godley Johnson County
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 65 mph
7 NW Godley Johnson County
“Amateur radio operator reported a 65 mph wind gust between Cresson and Godley. Time estimated by radar. (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.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 30 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 33 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Cleburne — beyond Godley itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.75" hail means for Godley 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.
7,967 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$96M
Potential roof exposure — 7,967 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 40 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$600K
Close just 0.5% of the 7,967 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
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 $1,673 on top of the $150 plan.
Godley hail history
Other storms in Godley.
7 recorded storm days in Godley, TX
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface Storm date Godley / TX
Sep 20, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Godley / TX
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Godley / TX
May 28, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Godley / TX
May 24, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Godley / TX
Apr 29, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Godley / TX
Mar 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
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 21, 2026.