Hail in Hereford · May 23, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hereford that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Hereford 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Hereford saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hereford, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 23, 2026 sits in Hereford's hail record.
This was Hereford's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hereford at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hereford: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 92 of them in Texas. Nearest: Friona (18 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Vega (24 miles north, up to 1.5"); Dimmitt (32 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Hereford 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Hereford for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Hereford roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$9.8M
Potential roof exposure — 815 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 815 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $171 on top of the $150 plan.
Hereford hail history
Other storms in Hereford.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 3, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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