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Hail in Levelland · May 23, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Levelland that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 7,815

Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 tornado

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · May 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 4.9 / 10

Storm severity score

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

4.9 /10

Peak hail signal: 38 /100
Homes exposed: 78 /100
Ground truth: 50 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Levelland saw the hail — from two instruments

May 23, 2026 · Levelland, 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 map of the storm over Levelland, TX on May 23, 2026 — 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.

The storm in context

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 11 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 (9 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Lubbock (18 miles east, up to 1"); Anton (18 miles north, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Levelland 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

2 reports 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.

Tornado reports

1 report

Tornado Rating unknown

Levelland Hockley County

2:06 AM UTC

“[Landspout] Media relayed photo of a landspout in or near Levelland. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail reports

1 report

Hail size 1"

Levelland Hockley County

2:04 AM UTC

“Hail varying in size from 1/4 inch to 1 inch in Levelland. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Levelland roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

7,815 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$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

Close just 0.5% of the 7,815 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 $1,641 on top of the $150 plan.

Levelland hail history

11 recorded storm days in Levelland, TX

← All hail in Levelland

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Levelland, TX on Sep 15, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Levelland / TX

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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 Sep 16, 2026.

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

How Levelland saw the hail — from two instruments

Where May 23, 2026 sits in Levelland's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Tornado reports

Hail reports

What 1.5" hail means for Levelland roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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