Tornado Rating unknown
6 NNW Abernathy Hale County
“Multiple reports of a dusty tornado. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Hale
Hail in Plainview · May 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Plainview that day. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,095
Ground reports 12 10 hail · 2 tornado
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · May 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Plainview has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Plainview saw the hail — from two instruments
May 22, 2026 · Plainview, 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.
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
2.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Plainview, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Plainview's hail record.
This was Plainview's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Plainview at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Plainview: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Hale Center (13 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Kress (18 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Floydada (21 miles east, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Plainview 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
12 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.
Tornado reports
2 reports Tornado Rating unknown
3 SE Plainview Hale County
“[Landspout] Multiple reports on X from chasers of landspouts. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail reports
10 reports Hail size 1.5"
6 N Petersburg Hale County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
6 NNW Petersburg Hale County
“Measured 2.18 inch hail. Time is estimated based on radar. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
8 NW Petersburg Hale County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
10 SW Aiken Hale County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
10 SW Aiken Hale County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
10 SW Aiken Hale County
“(LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
9 N Petersburg Hale County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
10 SW Aiken Hale County
“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.25"
10 SW Aiken Hale County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.). (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
8 SSW Aiken Hale County
“Picture reported on social. (LUB)”
— 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 south at roughly 5 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 123 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Petersburg, Aiken, and Abernathy — beyond Plainview itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Plainview 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.
2,095 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,095 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 2,095 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 $440 on top of the $150 plan.
Plainview hail history
Other storms in Plainview.
12 recorded storm days in Plainview, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Sep 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Sep 10, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Aug 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Jul 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Jul 12, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Jul 5, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Jun 23, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Jun 5, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
May 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Plainview / TX
May 10, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
Apr 3, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report 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 Sep 16, 2026.