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Hail in Henrietta · Apr 25, 2026

NEXRAD logged 37 hail signatures up to 3.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft. At 3.25" — 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 3.25" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 471
Ground reports 4 1 hail · 3 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 7.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

7.7 /10
Peak hail signal
81 /100

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

Homes exposed
53 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Henrietta saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 25, 2026 · Henrietta, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Henrietta, TX on Apr 25, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 3.25" Detections 37
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Apr 25, 2026 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 2.25"

The storm in context

Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Henrietta's hail record.

This was Henrietta's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Apr 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Henrietta at 3.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Henrietta: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Texas. Nearest: Bellevue (7 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Windthorst (22 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Bowie (22 miles southeast, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Henrietta 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

4 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

3 reports
Tornado Rating unknown
2 NNE Shannon Clay County

“Two tornadoes on the ground. (OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
4 NE Windthorst Clay County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
5 NE Windthorst Clay County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1.75"
6 NW Lake Arrowhead Clay County

“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OUN)”

— 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 20 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 61 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Lake Arrowhead, Shannon, and Windthorst — beyond Henrietta itself.

Severe hail signal

What 3.25" hail means for Henrietta 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.

471 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$5.7M

Potential roof exposure — 471 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 471 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 $99 on top of the $150 plan.

Henrietta hail history

13 recorded storm days in Henrietta, TX
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Sep 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Sep 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Jul 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Jul 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Jun 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Jun 11, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Jun 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Jun 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

May 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on May 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

May 10, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

May 8, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Apr 28, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
6 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Apr 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Apr 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Apr 15, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Apr 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Apr 3, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Henrietta, TX on Mar 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Henrietta / TX

Mar 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
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 Sep 11, 2026.