Hail in Rio Grande City · Oct 1, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rio Grande City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /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 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.
Estimated size field 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 1, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rio Grande City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 1, 2026 sits in Rio Grande City's hail record.
This was Rio Grande City's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 60 days after the Aug 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rio Grande City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rio Grande City: the same system put hail over 4 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Texas. Nearest: Delmita (33 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Encino (48 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); San Angelo (376 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Rio Grande City 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.
For this storm over Rio Grande City, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Rio Grande City 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.
Potential roof exposure
$7.5M
Potential roof exposure — 628 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 628 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $132 on top of the $150 plan.
Rio Grande City hail history
Other storms in Rio Grande City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
3.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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