Wind gust 58 mph
3 NNE Tahoka Lynn County
“Measured by the West Texas Mesonet. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Tahoka Jul 18, 2026
Hit 16 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Tahoka this day.
Largest hailstone
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
28
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 5th most severe storm Tahoka has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.1 /10
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 29 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Tahoka 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Tahoka, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 18, 2026 sits in Tahoka's hail record
This was Tahoka's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jun 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Tahoka at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Tahoka: the same system put hail over 377 other tracked cities, 15 of them in Texas. Nearest: Lubbock (14 miles north, up to 0.5"); Lorenzo (40 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Knott (56 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Tahoka's Jul 18, 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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 0.75" hail means for Tahoka roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$336K
Potential roof exposure — 28 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. 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.
Track hail over Tahoka on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Tahoka storm history — this Jul 18, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Tahoka hail history
← All hail in Tahoka 5 recorded storm days in Tahoka, TX
Other storms in Tahoka
Jun 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 23, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
1
ground report
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.