Hail in Rio Hondo · Apr 27, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rio Hondo that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Rio Hondo 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 30 /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 Hondo 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 Apr 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rio Hondo, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Rio Hondo's hail record.
This was Rio Hondo's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 114 days after the Jan 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rio Hondo at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rio Hondo: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 51 of them in Texas. Nearest: Lyford (23 miles west, up to 1"); Comanche (390 miles north, up to 0.5"); Mc Camey (444 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Rio Hondo 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Rio Hondo. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Rio Hondo roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$372K
Potential roof exposure — 31 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
Rio Hondo hail history
Other storms in Rio Hondo.
Estimated-size surface Sep 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jan 3, 2026
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