Hail in Sulphur Springs · Aug 8, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Sulphur Springs that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Sulphur Springs 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /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 Sulphur Springs 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 Aug 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Sulphur Springs, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 8, 2026 sits in Sulphur Springs's hail record.
This was Sulphur Springs's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 33 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sulphur Springs at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sulphur Springs: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 28 of them in Texas. Nearest: Quitman (9 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Cumby (12 miles west, up to 1.25"); Emory (13 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Sulphur Springs 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.
For this storm over Sulphur Springs, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Sulphur Springs roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.6M
Potential roof exposure — 133 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 133 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $28 on top of the $150 plan.
Sulphur Springs hail history
Other storms in Sulphur Springs.
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface May 28, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1.25"Take your next area into the field.
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