Hail in Vernon · Oct 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Vernon that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Vernon 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /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 Vernon saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Vernon, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 14, 2026 sits in Vernon's hail record.
This was Vernon's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 101 days after the Jul 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Vernon at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Vernon: the same system put hail over 27 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Texas. Nearest: Electra (11 miles east, up to 0.75"); Crowell (28 miles west, up to 2"); Grandfield (37 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Vernon 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Vernon. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Vernon 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
$4.4M
Potential roof exposure — 365 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 365 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $77 on top of the $150 plan.
Vernon hail history
Other storms in Vernon.
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface May 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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