Hail size 1.5"
10 SE Pearsall Frio County
“Reported via public. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Pearsall May 26, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.25" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.25"
≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
3,966
Ground reports
3
2 hail · 1 windThe 2nd most severe storm Pearsall has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.9 /10
- Hail size
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Pearsall 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
2.25"
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Pearsall's hail record
This was Pearsall's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pearsall at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pearsall: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities, 139 of them in Texas. Nearest: Dilley (11 miles south, up to 2.25"); Cotulla (15 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Bigfoot (18 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Pearsall's May 26, 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
Pearsall Frio County
“1 inch hail reported via media. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 60 mph
6 E Pearsall Frio County
“60mph winds reported 5 miles east of Pearsall. (EWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 70 minutes, from to .
What 2.25" hail means for Pearsall roofs
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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$48M
Potential roof exposure — 3,966 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
20 jobs
Illustrative work
~$300K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Pearsall hail history
← All hail in Pearsall 5 recorded storm days in Pearsall, TX
Other storms in Pearsall
Jun 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 1, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 30, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.