Hail in Houston · Jul 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 6 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Houston 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
- 76 /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 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field 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.
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 10th of the 19 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 (22 miles west, up to 0.5"); Leesville (142 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Fort Polk (154 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Houston 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.
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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Houston 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
$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.
Claim window
July 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $1,331 on top of the $150 plan.
Houston hail history
Other storms in Houston.
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jun 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
2.75"
NEXRAD surface May 26, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
1.5"
NEXRAD surface Apr 30, 2026
2.5"
NEXRAD surface Apr 18, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Apr 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 6, 2026
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