Hail in Grapeland Mar 7, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft20
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Grapeland 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 26 /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 Grapeland 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.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
Where Mar 7, 2026 sits in Grapeland's hail record
This was Grapeland's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 57 days after the Jan 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Grapeland at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Grapeland: the same system put hail over 254 other tracked cities, 75 of them in Texas. Nearest: Pennington (28 miles south, up to 1"); Lovelady (30 miles southwest, up to 1"); Nacogdoches (36 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Grapeland's Mar 7, 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.
For this storm over Grapeland, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.5" hail means for Grapeland roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$240K
Potential roof exposure — 20 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Grapeland on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Grapeland storm history — this Mar 7, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
Highly accurate contact information starting at $0.23 per address — every contact included. Digital leads cost $15–$40. Start with a 7-day free trial — no credit card required. See pricing
7 recorded storm days in Grapeland, TX
Other storms in Grapeland
Jul 6, 2026
1.75"
Jun 2, 2026
2"
May 24, 2026
0.75"
Apr 24, 2026
2.5"
Mar 15, 2026
1.75"
Jan 9, 2026
1"