Hail in Rising Star May 22, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rising Star this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft380
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Rising Star 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
- 52 /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 Rising Star saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rising Star, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Rising Star's hail record
This was Rising Star's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rising Star at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rising Star: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: May (7 miles south, up to 1"); Gorman (9 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Cisco (18 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Rising Star's May 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 Rising Star. 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" hail means for Rising Star 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.
$4.6M
Potential roof exposure — 380 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Rising Star on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Rising Star, TX
Other storms in Rising Star
Jul 5, 2026
1.75"
Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Jun 6, 2026
0.75"
May 24, 2026
0.5"
May 10, 2026
2"
May 8, 2026
1"
Apr 18, 2026
1.25"
Mar 7, 2026
1.75"