Hail in Houston · Jul 23, 2026
NEXRAD logged 24 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 23, 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 92 /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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 23, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 23, 2026 sits in Houston's hail record.
This was Houston's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jul 12, 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" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Houston: the same system put hail over 164 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Texas. Nearest: Cypress (16 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Katy (22 miles west, up to 0"); Richmond (26 miles southwest, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Houston. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" 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
$473M
Potential roof exposure — 39,420 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 197 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$3M
Close just 0.5% of the 39,420 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 $8,278 on top of the $150 plan.
Houston hail history
Other storms in Houston.
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
1.25"
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 Jul 3, 2026
1.25"
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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