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Hail in Rocksprings · Mar 10, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 3.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rocksprings that day. At 3.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 3.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 4,505
Ground reports 7 7 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Rocksprings has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 8.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

8.6 /10
Peak hail signal
88 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
73 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Rocksprings saw the hail — from two instruments

Mar 10, 2026 · Rocksprings, TX

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on Mar 10, 2026 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.

Max size 3.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rocksprings, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in Rocksprings's hail record.

This was Rocksprings's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rocksprings at 3.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rocksprings: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 88 of them in Texas. Nearest: Del Rio (30 miles southwest, up to 2.75"); Brackettville (30 miles southeast, up to 2.75"); Barksdale (33 miles east, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Rocksprings 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

7 reports filed with the NWS

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.

Hail reports

7 reports
Hail size 4.5"
2 S Camp Wood Real County

“Grapefruit sized hail reported. (EWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 WSW Camp Wood Edwards County

“Hail up to 1 inch in diameter. Time estimated via radar. (EWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
Camp Wood Real County

“Picture received of approximately 2 inch diameter hail. (EWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
1 N Rio Frio Real County

“(EWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
1 S Leakey Real County

“(EWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4.5"
1 S Leakey Real County

“Delayed report. (EWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4"
3 S Leakey Real County

“Measured near Walter White Ranch Road. (EWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

The storm tracked east at roughly 25 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 45 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Camp Wood, Rio Frio, and Leakey — beyond Rocksprings itself.

Severe hail signal

What 3.5" hail means for Rocksprings roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

4,505 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$54M

Potential roof exposure — 4,505 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
23 jobs
Illustrative work
~$345K

Close just 0.5% of the 4,505 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

March 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $946 on top of the $150 plan.

Rocksprings hail history

13 recorded storm days in Rocksprings, TX
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

Aug 27, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on Aug 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

Aug 1, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

Jul 6, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on May 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

May 26, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

May 22, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on May 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

May 21, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on May 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

May 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on May 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

May 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on May 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

May 7, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on Apr 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

Apr 29, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on Apr 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

Apr 14, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rocksprings, TX on Apr 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rocksprings / TX

Apr 12, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.