Hail in Lubbock · Sep 19, 2026
Convective day · Sep 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Lubbock 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 77 /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 Lubbock 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lubbock, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 19, 2026 sits in Lubbock's hail record.
This was Lubbock's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Sep 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lubbock at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lubbock: the same system put hail over 336 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Texas. Nearest: Slaton (16 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Idalou (19 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Levelland (27 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Lubbock 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Lubbock. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Lubbock roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$87M
Potential roof exposure — 7,240 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 36 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$540K
Close just 0.5% of the 7,240 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $1,520 on top of the $150 plan.
Lubbock hail history
Other storms in Lubbock.
Estimated-size surface Sep 15, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
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