Wind gust 71 mph
1 S Plainview Hale County
“(LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Hale
Hail in Plainview · Aug 13, 2026
Hit 30 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; 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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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 102
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Plainview has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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
Aug 13, 2026 · Plainview, TX
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 13, 2026 sits in Plainview's hail record.
This was Plainview's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jul 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Plainview at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Plainview: the same system put hail over 437 other tracked cities, 21 of them in Texas. Nearest: Idalou (21 miles south, up to 0.75"); Petersburg (22 miles south, up to 1.25"); Abernathy (22 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 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
2 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.
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 72 mph
1 S Plainview Hale County
“(LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Plainview roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
102 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 102 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 102 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $21 on top of the $150 plan.
Plainview hail history
Other storms in Plainview.
11 recorded storm days in Plainview, TX
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
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 →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainview / TX
May 22, 2026
2.5" Estimated 2.5"
12 ground reports 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 11, 2026.