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
/ Storm field report · Wheeler
Hail in Wheeler · May 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 32 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 159
Ground reports 4 4 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Wheeler has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Wheeler saw the hail — from two instruments
May 9, 2026 · Wheeler, TX
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 Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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 Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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"
The storm in context
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 7 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: Briscoe (11 miles north, up to 1.75"); Mobeetie (15 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Sweetwater (20 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Wheeler 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
4 reports 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
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
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 18 minutes, from to .
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Wheeler roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
159 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$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
Close just 0.5% of the 159 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 $33 on top of the $150 plan.
Wheeler hail history
Other storms in Wheeler.
7 recorded storm days in Wheeler, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wheeler / TX
Sep 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wheeler / TX
Aug 25, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wheeler / TX
Jun 29, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wheeler / TX
Jun 25, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wheeler / TX
Jun 23, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wheeler / TX
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 Sep 16, 2026.