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Hail in Grapevine · Apr 28, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Grapevine that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 20,272
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Grapevine has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.5 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
86 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Grapevine saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 28, 2026 · Grapevine, TX

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Grapevine, TX on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Grapevine, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Grapevine's hail record.

This was Grapevine's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Grapevine at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Grapevine: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Texas. Nearest: North Richland Hills (6 miles west, up to 0.75"); Irving (6 miles east, up to 0.75"); Keller (12 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Grapevine 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

1 report 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

1 report
Hail size 1.25"
Southlake Tarrant County

“Several social media photos of hail up to half dollar size in Southlake. (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 Southlake — beyond Grapevine itself.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Grapevine roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

20,272 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$243M

Potential roof exposure — 20,272 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
101 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1.5M

Close just 0.5% of the 20,272 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 $4,257 on top of the $150 plan.

Grapevine hail history

3 recorded storm days in Grapevine, TX

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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.