Hail size 1.5"
First Colony Fort Bend County
“Report of estimated ping pong sized hail near the intersection of Austin Parkway and Sweetwater Blvd. (HGX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Fort Bend
Hail in Sugar Land · Apr 30, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. At 2.5" — 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 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 52,704
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Sugar Land has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 94 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Sugar Land saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 30, 2026 · Sugar Land, TX
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1"
The storm in context
Where Apr 30, 2026 sits in Sugar Land's hail record.
This was Sugar Land's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sugar Land at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sugar Land: the same system put hail over 79 other tracked cities, 74 of them in Texas. Nearest: Missouri City (9 miles southeast, up to 2.5"); Richmond (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Rosenberg (14 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Sugar Land 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
2 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
2 reports Hail size 1"
4 WNW First Colony Fort Bend County
“Public reports of estimated 1 inch hail in Sugar Land. (HGX)”
— 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.
Reports came from First Colony — beyond Sugar Land itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Sugar Land 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.
52,704 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$632M
Potential roof exposure — 52,704 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 264 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$4M
Close just 0.5% of the 52,704 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $11,068 on top of the $150 plan.
Sugar Land hail history
Other storms in Sugar Land.
5 recorded storm days in Sugar Land, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sugar Land / TX
Sep 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sugar Land / TX
Aug 28, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sugar Land / TX
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sugar Land / TX
May 22, 2026
0.5" 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 Sep 10, 2026.