Hail in Vega · Aug 16, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Vega that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Vega 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
- 0 /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 Vega saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Vega, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 16, 2026 sits in Vega's hail record.
This was Vega's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jul 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Vega at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Vega: the same system put hail over 264 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Texas. Nearest: Hartley (42 miles north, up to 0.75"); Dalhart (48 miles north, up to 0.75"); San Jon (54 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Vega 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 Vega, 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 Vega 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
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 9, 2026
0.5"Take your next area into the field.
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