Hail in Newcastle Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Newcastle this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft141
0
none filedThe 9th most severe storm Newcastle 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /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 Newcastle saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Newcastle, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Newcastle's hail record
This was Newcastle's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Newcastle at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Newcastle: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Texas. Nearest: Graham (14 miles south, up to 3"); Woodson (18 miles southwest, up to 3"); Loving (19 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Newcastle's Apr 15, 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 Newcastle, 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 0.75" hail means for Newcastle roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$1.7M
Potential roof exposure — 141 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Newcastle on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Newcastle, TX
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May 8, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
1.75"
Apr 17, 2026
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Apr 3, 2026
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Mar 6, 2026
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