Hail in Hawkins · Sep 21, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hawkins that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Hawkins 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 68 /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 Hawkins saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hawkins, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 21, 2026 sits in Hawkins's hail record.
This was Hawkins's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 77 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hawkins at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hawkins: the same system put hail over 498 other tracked cities, 60 of them in Texas. Nearest: Winona (11 miles south, up to 1.5"); Kilgore (31 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Sulphur Springs (37 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Hawkins 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 Hawkins. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Hawkins 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.
Potential roof exposure
$32M
Potential roof exposure — 2,646 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 13 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$195K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,646 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $556 on top of the $150 plan.
Hawkins hail history
Other storms in Hawkins.
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
2"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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