Hail in San Saba · May 22, 2026
Convective day · May 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm San Saba 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /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 Saba 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 May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over San Saba, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 22, 2026 sits in San Saba's hail record.
This was San Saba's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over San Saba at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than San Saba: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Brookesmith (22 miles west, up to 0.5"); Rochelle (25 miles west, up to 0.5"); Goldthwaite (29 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 San Saba 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over San Saba. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for San Saba roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$4.7M
Potential roof exposure — 394 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 394 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $83 on top of the $150 plan.
San Saba hail history
Other storms in San Saba.
Aug 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 18, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 12, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
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