Storm report · Harris

Hail in Houston Jul 3, 2026

Hit 31 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 6 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

1.25"

≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

6,336

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Houston has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

3.8 /10

Hail size: 31 /100
Homes exposed: 76 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Houston 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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Houston, TX on Jul 3, 2026 — Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 1.25" Detections 6

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Houston, TX on Jul 3, 2026 — 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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Houston's hail record

This was Houston's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jun 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Houston at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Houston: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 7 of them in Texas. Nearest: Katy (18 miles west, up to 0.5"); Leesville (150 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Fort Polk (160 miles northeast, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills from Houston's Jul 3, 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.

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.

For this storm over Houston, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Shingle-bruising hail

What 1.25" hail means for Houston roofs

Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$76M

Potential roof exposure — 6,336 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs

32 jobs

Illustrative work

~$480K

Close just 0.5% of the 6,336 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.

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

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Houston hail history

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