Tornado Rating unknown
Levelland Hockley County
“[Landspout] Media relayed photo of a landspout in or near Levelland. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Levelland May 23, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Levelland this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
7,815
Ground reports
2
1 hail · 1 tornadoThe 3rd most severe storm Levelland 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.
4.9 /10
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 78 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Levelland 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
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
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Levelland, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 23, 2026 sits in Levelland's hail record
This was Levelland's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Levelland at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Levelland: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 92 of them in Texas. Nearest: Shallowater (20 miles east, up to 0.75"); Anton (22 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Amherst (24 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Levelland's May 23, 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
1 report Hail size 1"
Levelland Hockley County
“Hail varying in size from 1/4 inch to 1 inch in Levelland. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
What 1.5" hail means for Levelland 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
$94M
Potential roof exposure — 7,815 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
39 jobs
Illustrative work
~$585K
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 Levelland on the live map
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Levelland hail history
← All hail in Levelland 7 recorded storm days in Levelland, TX
Other storms in Levelland
Jun 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 23, 2026
2.5" Estimated 2.5"
6
ground reports 
Jun 11, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
1
ground report 
Jun 8, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
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 2, 2026.