Hail in Panhandle · Jul 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 9 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Panhandle has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Panhandle saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 24, 2026 sits in Panhandle's hail record.
This was Panhandle's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Jul 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Panhandle at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Panhandle: the same system put hail over 221 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Texas. Nearest: Amarillo (20 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Canyon (22 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Fritch (25 miles north, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Panhandle 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Panhandle. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Panhandle roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Panhandle hail history
Other storms in Panhandle.
Estimated-size surface Sep 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 3, 2026
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