Hail size 1"
Noonday Smith County
“Several social media reports of hail nearly covering the ground in the Noonday area. Hail ranged from pea to quarter size. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Tyler Apr 18, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 8 hail signatures up to 2.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.25"
≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
2,906
Ground reports
5
5 hailThe most severe storm Tyler 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.
6.4 /10
- Hail size
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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 Tyler saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
2.25"
Detections
8
Radar-estimated hail size
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Where Apr 18, 2026 sits in Tyler's hail record
This was Tyler's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 34 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Tyler at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Tyler: the same system put hail over 72 other tracked cities, 70 of them in Texas. Nearest: Arp (18 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Chandler (21 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Kilgore (28 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Tyler's Apr 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.
Hail reports
5 reports Hail size 1"
3 ESE Noonday Smith County
“Hail covering the ground from pea size to quarter size in the Gresham area... just south of Tyler. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Tyler Smith County
“Numerous reports of hail nearly covering the ground across a large portion of South Tyler. Hail ranged from pea size to quarter size. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Whitehouse Smith County
“Hail estimated up to 1 inch in downtown Whitehouse. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 E Whitehouse Smith County
“A few social media reports of hail nearly covering the ground around Lake Tyler. Hail range from pea to quarter size. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 10 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Noonday and Whitehouse — beyond Tyler itself.
What 2.25" hail means for Tyler 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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$35M
Potential roof exposure — 2,906 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
15 jobs
Illustrative work
~$225K
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.
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Tyler hail history
← All hail in Tyler 9 recorded storm days in Tyler, TX
Other storms in Tyler
Jul 16, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 7, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
Jul 5, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1
ground report 
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 22, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Apr 29, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 24, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 15, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed
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.