Hail in Jefferson Jul 7, 2026
Hit 27 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 37 hail signatures up to 2", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2"
≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature929
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Jefferson 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
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /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 Jefferson 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where Jul 7, 2026 sits in Jefferson's hail record
This was Jefferson's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Jefferson at 2" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Jefferson: the same system put hail over 568 other tracked cities, 105 of them in Texas. Nearest: Karnack (11 miles south, up to 2"); Mooringsport (15 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Harleton (24 miles west, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Jefferson's Jul 7, 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.
For this storm over Jefferson, 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.
What 2" hail means for Jefferson roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 929 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Jefferson on the live map
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13 recorded storm days in Jefferson, TX
Other storms in Jefferson
Jul 12, 2026
1"
Jul 6, 2026
1.75"
Jul 4, 2026
1.5"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 23, 2026
0.75"
Jun 2, 2026
1.75"
May 23, 2026
0.5"
May 8, 2026
1.75"
Apr 29, 2026
1"
Apr 26, 2026
2.25"
Apr 25, 2026
1"
Mar 15, 2026
3.5"