Tornado Rating unknown
6 NNW Abernathy Hale County
“Multiple reports of a dusty tornado. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Plainview May 22, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 2.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Plainview this day. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
2,095
Ground reports
12
10 hail · 2 tornadoThe most severe storm Plainview 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.
6.9 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Plainview 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-estimated hail size
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.
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 9 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 (3 miles south, up to 1.25"); Kress (14 miles north, up to 0.5"); Petersburg (20 miles southeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Plainview's May 22, 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.
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
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 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.
What 2.5" hail means for Plainview 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
$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
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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Plainview hail history
← All hail in Plainview 9 recorded storm days in Plainview, TX
Other storms in Plainview
Jul 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 12, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 5, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 23, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 5, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 10, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 3, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
1
ground report
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 3, 2026.