Hail in Port Aransas May 18, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Port Aransas this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft2,751
0
none filedThe most severe storm Port Aransas has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Port Aransas 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Port Aransas, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Port Aransas's hail record
This was Port Aransas's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Port Aransas at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Port Aransas: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Texas. Nearest: Rockport (14 miles north, up to 1"); Taft (26 miles northwest, up to 1"); Sinton (32 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Port Aransas's May 18, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Port Aransas. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 1" hail means for Port Aransas roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$33M
Potential roof exposure — 2,751 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Port Aransas on the live map
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