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Hail in Junction · May 19, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Junction that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 348
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · May 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Junction has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.5 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
51 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Junction saw the hail — from two instruments

May 19, 2026 · Junction, TX

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 19, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 2"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Junction, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 19, 2026 sits in Junction's hail record.

This was Junction's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Junction at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Junction: the same system put hail over 263 other tracked cities, 151 of them in Texas. Nearest: Mountain Home (26 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Sonora (30 miles west, up to 2"); London (30 miles northeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Junction 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

1 report filed with the NWS

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.

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 64 mph
2 NNE Junction Kimble County

“(SJT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Junction roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

348 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4.2M

Potential roof exposure — 348 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 348 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

May 2028

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.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $73 on top of the $150 plan.

Junction hail history

14 recorded storm days in Junction, TX
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

Jul 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 26, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 22, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 20, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on May 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

May 6, 2026

3.75"
Signatures 3.75" Estimated 2.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on Apr 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

Apr 30, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on Apr 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

Apr 18, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on Mar 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

Mar 10, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Junction, TX on Mar 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Junction / TX

Mar 7, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.