Hail in Junction · May 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Junction that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Junction 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
- 68 /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 Junction saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 20, 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 20, 2026 sits in Junction's hail record.
This was Junction's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Junction at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Junction: the same system put hail over 109 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Texas. Nearest: Fort Mc Kavett (24 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Sonora (30 miles west, up to 1.75"); London (30 miles northeast, up to 0.75").
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
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Junction for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Junction 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
$30M
Potential roof exposure — 2,480 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 12 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$180K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,480 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 $521 on top of the $150 plan.
Junction hail history
Other storms in Junction.
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
3.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 30, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 18, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
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