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Hail in Tyler · May 22, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Tyler that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 7,707
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · May 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 7th most severe storm Tyler has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.1 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.1 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
78 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Tyler saw the hail — from two instruments

May 22, 2026 · Tyler, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Tyler, TX on May 22, 2026 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 1.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Tyler, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 22, 2026 sits in Tyler's hail record.

This was Tyler's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Apr 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Tyler at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Tyler: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 224 of them in Texas. Nearest: Lindale (6 miles west, up to 1.25"); Hawkins (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Winona (14 miles southeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Tyler 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

1 report 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

1 report
Hail size 1"
4 WSW Tyler Smith County

“Reports of hail as large as quarters in the Lindsey Park area. (SHV)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Tyler roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

7,707 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$92M

Potential roof exposure — 7,707 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
39 jobs
Illustrative work
~$585K

Close just 0.5% of the 7,707 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

May 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $1,618 on top of the $150 plan.

Tyler hail history

9 recorded storm days in Tyler, TX

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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 Aug 3, 2026.