Hail size 1"
3 SE Avinger Marion County
“A picture of nickel to quarter size hail that fell near Avinger was posted to social media. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Jefferson May 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
1,447
Ground reports
2
2 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Jefferson 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.
4.7 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 63 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Jefferson saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1"
Where May 8, 2026 sits in Jefferson's hail record
This was Jefferson's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Apr 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Jefferson at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Jefferson: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 85 of them in Texas. Nearest: Karnack (11 miles south, up to 1.75"); Belcher (14 miles southeast, up to 2.5"); Mooringsport (15 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Jefferson's May 8, 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
5 SW Uncertain Harrison County
“Nickel to quarter size hail fell in Karnack. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 68 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Avinger and Uncertain — beyond Jefferson itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Jefferson 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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$17M
Potential roof exposure — 1,447 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
7 jobs
Illustrative work
~$105K
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.
Track hail over Jefferson on the live map
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Jefferson hail history
← All hail in Jefferson 13 recorded storm days in Jefferson, TX
Other storms in Jefferson
Jul 12, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 7, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 29, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 26, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 15, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.