Wind gust 58 mph
2 W Wheeler Wheeler County
“Measured by Xcel mesonet 2W of Wheeler. (AMA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Wheeler
Hail in Wheeler · Oct 13, 2026
Hit 9 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wheeler that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 359
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Wheeler has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /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 Wheeler saw the hail — from two instruments
Oct 13, 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.
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
1.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Wheeler, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in Wheeler's hail record.
This was Wheeler's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 28 days after the Sep 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wheeler at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wheeler: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Texas. Nearest: Briscoe (19 miles northeast, up to 1"); Shamrock (21 miles south, up to 2.25"); Canadian (31 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 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
1 report 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.
Wind reports
1 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Wheeler 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.
359 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$4.3M
Potential roof exposure — 359 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 359 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 $75 on top of the $150 plan.
Wheeler hail history
Other storms in Wheeler.
8 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
May 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
4 ground reports 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 Oct 14, 2026.