Hail size 1"
7 WNW Graford Palo Pinto County
“From spotter network. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Palo Pinto
Hail in Graford · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Graford that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,140
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Graford has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Graford saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 15, 2026 · Graford, TX
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Graford, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Graford's hail record.
This was Graford's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Graford at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Graford: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Texas. Nearest: Perrin (16 miles northeast, up to 2"); Jacksboro (20 miles northeast, up to 2"); Caddo (20 miles southwest, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Graford 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
2 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
10 SE Graham Young County
“Video on X showed hail up to quarter size at Hwy 16 and FM 1191. (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.
Reports came from Graham — beyond Graford itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Graford roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
2,140 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$26M
Potential roof exposure — 2,140 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 11 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$165K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,140 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 $449 on top of the $150 plan.
Graford hail history
Other storms in Graford.
6 recorded storm days in Graford, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Graford / TX
Jun 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Graford / TX
May 24, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Graford / TX
May 10, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Graford / TX
Apr 28, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Graford / TX
Mar 10, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
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 Aug 2, 2026.