Hail in Hext May 19, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hext this day.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft559
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Hext 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /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 Hext 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 May 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hext, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 19, 2026 sits in Hext's hail record
This was Hext's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hext at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hext: the same system put hail over 263 other tracked cities, 151 of them in Texas. Nearest: Menard (21 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Mason (22 miles east, up to 0.75"); London (28 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Hext's May 19, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Hext. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1.5" hail means for Hext roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$6.7M
Potential roof exposure — 559 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hext on the live map
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