Hail in Lyford Jan 3, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lyford this day.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft256
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Lyford has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Lyford saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jan 3, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lyford, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jan 3, 2026 sits in Lyford's hail record
This was Lyford's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lyford at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jan 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lyford: the same system put hail over 18 other tracked cities, 2 of them in Texas. Nearest: Raymondville (10 miles east, up to 2"); Rio Hondo (14 miles southeast, up to 1"); Mc Lain (628 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Lyford's Jan 3, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Lyford. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1.5" hail means for Lyford 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.
$3.1M
Potential roof exposure — 256 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Lyford on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Lyford, TX
Other storms in Lyford
Jul 21, 2026
0.75"
Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
May 30, 2026
2.25"
May 24, 2026
0.5"
May 14, 2026
0.5"
Apr 29, 2026
1.5"
Apr 27, 2026
1"
Mar 1, 2026
1.75"