Hail size 1.75"
7 W Appleby Nacogdoches County
“Golfball size hail fell near the intersection of FM 698 and CR 819 near the Central Heights community. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Nacogdoches
Hail in Nacogdoches · Mar 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 39 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 1,979
Ground reports 5 5 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Nacogdoches has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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 Nacogdoches saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 15, 2026 · Nacogdoches, TX
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
3"
Detections
39
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
2"
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Nacogdoches's hail record.
This was Nacogdoches's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Mar 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Nacogdoches at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Nacogdoches: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 89 of them in Texas. Nearest: Cushing (15 miles northwest, up to 3.25"); Chireno (19 miles east, up to 3"); Mount Enterprise (21 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Nacogdoches 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
5 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
5 reports Hail size 2.5"
Cushing Nacogdoches County
“Pictures were posted to social media of golf ball to tennis ball size hail that fell in Cushing. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Nacogdoches Nacogdoches County
“Quarter size hail reported across several locations on the northside of Nacogdoches. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Chireno Nacogdoches County
“Photo of near half dollar size hail in the Chireno community via KTRE-TV social media. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 N Nacogdoches Nacogdoches County
“Quarter size hail fell on the north side of Nacogdoches. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 40 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 54 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Appleby, Cushing, and Chireno — beyond Nacogdoches itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for Nacogdoches roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,979 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$24M
Potential roof exposure — 1,979 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,979 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $416 on top of the $150 plan.
Nacogdoches hail history
Other storms in Nacogdoches.
11 recorded storm days in Nacogdoches, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Aug 8, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Jul 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Jul 11, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Jul 5, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Jul 1, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Jun 2, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Apr 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Apr 24, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Mar 7, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Nacogdoches / TX
Jan 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 9, 2026.