Hail in Pecos · May 26, 2026
Convective day · May 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Pecos 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /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 Pecos saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Pecos's hail record.
This was Pecos's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pecos at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pecos: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities, 139 of them in Texas. Nearest: Pyote (14 miles north, up to 1"); Balmorhea (41 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Fort Davis (61 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Pecos 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Pecos for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Pecos roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.9M
Potential roof exposure — 162 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 162 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
May 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $34 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
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