Hail in San Benito · Jul 21, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over San Benito that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm San Benito 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 San Benito 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.
Estimated size field 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 Jul 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over San Benito, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 21, 2026 sits in San Benito's hail record.
This was San Benito's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over San Benito at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than San Benito: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Texas. Nearest: Los Fresnos (19 miles east, up to 1.5"); Rio Hondo (21 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Lyford (22 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 San Benito 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 San Benito. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for San Benito roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 93 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $20 on top of the $150 plan.
San Benito hail history
Other storms in San Benito.
Estimated-size surface Sep 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
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