Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 2" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
2"
≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft11,026
6
4 hail · 1 wind · 1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
This was Mineral Wells's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 49 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mineral Wells at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mineral Wells: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Texas. Nearest: Millsap (9 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Santo (14 miles south, up to 0.75"); Lipan (15 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Mineral Wells's Apr 28, 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.
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.
“*** 5 INJ *** An EF-3 tornado moved through areas just east of Mineral Wells the evening of Tuesday... April 28th. This tornado caused tree damage... as well as signifi (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Amateur radio operator reported 2 inch hail southwest of KMWL. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING of 1.5 inch hail south of Mineral Wells. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“KMWL gusted to 59 mph. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail was reported over 26 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Millsap — beyond Mineral Wells itself.
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.
$132M
Potential roof exposure — 11,026 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Mineral Wells storm history — this Apr 28, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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7 recorded storm days in Mineral Wells, TX
Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Jun 18, 2026
0.75"
May 28, 2026
0.75"
May 19, 2026
0.5"
Mar 10, 2026
2.25"
Mar 4, 2026
1.75"