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— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Uvalde · May 26, 2026
Convective day · May 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Uvalde 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Uvalde 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Uvalde's hail record.
This was Uvalde's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Uvalde at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Uvalde: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities, 139 of them in Texas. Nearest: Barksdale (18 miles north, up to 1.75"); Knippa (27 miles southeast, up to 0"); Medina (39 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Uvalde 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Montell — beyond Uvalde itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Uvalde 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.
Potential roof exposure
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,075 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,075 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 $436 on top of the $150 plan.
Uvalde hail history
Other storms in Uvalde.
Estimated-size surface Aug 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
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