Hail in Sonora May 19, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 2" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Sonora this day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2"
≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft2,714
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Sonora 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
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /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 Sonora 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 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Sonora, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 19, 2026 sits in Sonora's hail record
This was Sonora's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sonora at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sonora: the same system put hail over 263 other tracked cities, 151 of them in Texas. Nearest: Eldorado (35 miles north, up to 1.25"); Junction (36 miles east, up to 2"); Christoval (45 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Sonora's May 19, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Sonora for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 2" hail means for Sonora roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$33M
Potential roof exposure — 2,714 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Sonora on the live map
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15 recorded storm days in Sonora, TX
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May 21, 2026
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May 20, 2026
1.75"
May 10, 2026
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May 5, 2026
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Apr 18, 2026
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Apr 11, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
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