Hail size 2.5"
10 E Wheeler Wheeler County
“Tennis ball size hail reported 1 mile east of the intersection of Highways 152 and 592 along Highway 152. (AMA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Wheeler May 9, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 32 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
159
Ground reports
4
4 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Wheeler 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.
4.7 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Wheeler saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
32
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
Where May 9, 2026 sits in Wheeler's hail record
This was Wheeler's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 65 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wheeler at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wheeler: the same system put hail over 268 other tracked cities, 97 of them in Texas. Nearest: Sweetwater (8 miles east, up to 1.75"); Briscoe (19 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Mobeetie (24 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Wheeler's May 9, 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
4 reports Hail size 1.75"
4 NE Wheeler Wheeler County
“Golf ball size hail reported near intersection of County Road 18 and County Road J. (AMA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
7 E Wheeler Wheeler County
“Report of golf ball size hail eat of Wheeler along TX Highway 152. (AMA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
7 E Wheeler Wheeler County
“Report near intersection of County Road 22 and Highway 152. (AMA)”
— 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 18 minutes, from to .
What 1.75" hail means for Wheeler roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$1.9M
Potential roof exposure — 159 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
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.
Track hail over Wheeler on the live map
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Wheeler hail history
← All hail in Wheeler 5 recorded storm days in Wheeler, TX
Other storms in Wheeler
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 2, 2026.