Hail in Midland Mar 6, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature159
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Midland 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /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 Midland 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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Mar 6, 2026 sits in Midland's hail record
This was Midland's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Feb 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Midland at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Midland: the same system put hail over 486 other tracked cities, 54 of them in Texas. Nearest: Midkiff (21 miles south, up to 1.75"); Garden City (23 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Sterling City (47 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Midland's Mar 6, 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 Midland, 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 1.75" hail means for Midland 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.
$1.9M
Potential roof exposure — 159 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Midland on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Midland, TX
Other storms in Midland
Jul 18, 2026
1"
Jul 5, 2026
2.5"
Jun 22, 2026
1.25"
May 23, 2026
1.75"
May 20, 2026
0.5"
Apr 14, 2026
0.5"
Feb 13, 2026
0.5"