Hail in Rio Grande City Aug 2, 2026
Hit 1 day agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature45
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Rio Grande City 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 33 /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 Rio Grande City saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Where Aug 2, 2026 sits in Rio Grande City's hail record
This was Rio Grande City's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rio Grande City at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Aug 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rio Grande City: the same system put hail over 83 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Texas. Nearest: Santa Elena (10 miles east, up to 2"); Penitas (23 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Encino (26 miles northeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Rio Grande City's Aug 2, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Rio Grande City. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1.75" hail means for Rio Grande City roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$540K
Potential roof exposure — 45 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Rio Grande City on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Rio Grande City, TX
Other storms in Rio Grande City
Jul 6, 2026
1"
May 23, 2026
0.5"
May 20, 2026
0.5"
May 10, 2026
1"
May 9, 2026
1.75"
Mar 7, 2026
3.75"