Hail in Menard May 20, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 3.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Menard this day. At 3.25" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
3.25"
≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft1,124
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Menard 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
- 81 /100
- Homes exposed
- 61 /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 Menard 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 May 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Menard, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 20, 2026 sits in Menard's hail record
This was Menard's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Menard at 3.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Menard: the same system put hail over 109 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Texas. Nearest: Fort Mc Kavett (23 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Junction (32 miles south, up to 1"); Eldorado (39 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Menard's May 20, 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.
For this storm over Menard, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 3.25" hail means for Menard roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$13M
Potential roof exposure — 1,124 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Menard on the live map
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13 recorded storm days in Menard, TX
Other storms in Menard
Jul 6, 2026
1.25"
Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Jun 2, 2026
1"
May 26, 2026
1"
May 21, 2026
0.75"
May 19, 2026
1.75"
May 10, 2026
1.5"
May 6, 2026
3.75"
Apr 30, 2026
1"
Apr 18, 2026
1.25"
Apr 1, 2026
1.75"
Mar 10, 2026
1"