Hail in Plainview · Sep 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Plainview that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Sep 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Plainview 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Plainview saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Plainview, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 10, 2026 sits in Plainview's hail record.
This was Plainview's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 28 days after the Aug 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Plainview at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Plainview: the same system put hail over 94 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Texas. Nearest: Lockney (15 miles northeast, up to 3.5"); Edmonson (18 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Kress (22 miles north, up to 3.5").
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
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 Plainview 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Plainview roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$9.8M
Potential roof exposure — 816 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 816 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $171 on top of the $150 plan.
Plainview hail history
Other storms in Plainview.
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
2.5"
NEXRAD surface May 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
2.5"Take your next area into the field.
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