Hail in Rio Hondo Jul 22, 2026
Hit 12 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rio Hondo this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft339
0
none filedThe 5th 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.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /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 Hondo 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.
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 Jul 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rio Hondo, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 22, 2026 sits in Rio Hondo's hail record
This was Rio Hondo's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rio Hondo at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rio Hondo: the same system put hail over 158 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Texas. Nearest: Harlingen (6 miles west, up to 0.75"); San Benito (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Raymondville (11 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Rio Hondo's Jul 22, 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 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.
What 0.75" hail means for Rio Hondo roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$4.1M
Potential roof exposure — 339 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Rio Hondo on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Rio Hondo, TX
Other storms in Rio Hondo
Jul 21, 2026
0.75"
Jul 20, 2026
1"
Jul 6, 2026
0.75"
May 30, 2026
1.25"
Apr 27, 2026
1"
Jan 3, 2026
1"