Hail size 1.75"
4 N Dean Clay County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Wichita Falls Apr 26, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 71 hail signatures up to 3.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.5" aloft. At 3.75" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
3.75"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
2,198
Ground reports
6
6 hailThe most severe storm Wichita Falls 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.
8.8 /10
- Hail size
- 94 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Wichita Falls 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
3.75"
Detections
71
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
2.5"
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Wichita Falls's hail record
This was Wichita Falls's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wichita Falls at 3.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wichita Falls: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 13 of them in Texas. Nearest: Iowa Park (12 miles west, up to 3.75"); Devol (14 miles north, up to 3.75"); Randlett (14 miles north, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Wichita Falls's Apr 26, 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
6 reports Hail size 2.25"
5 N Dean Clay County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.). (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 W Sheppard Afb Wichita County
“(OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 W Sheppard Afb Wichita County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 S Burkburnett Wichita County
“Photo of large hail on the south side of Burkburnett. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 SE Burkburnett Wichita County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN)”
— 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
The storm tracked east at roughly 5 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 89 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Dean, Sheppard Afb, and Burkburnett — beyond Wichita Falls itself.
What 3.75" hail means for Wichita Falls roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$26M
Potential roof exposure — 2,198 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
11 jobs
Illustrative work
~$165K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Wichita Falls hail history
← All hail in Wichita Falls 11 recorded storm days in Wichita Falls, TX
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Jul 5, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
Jun 11, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
May 22, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
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May 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
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Apr 28, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2.25"
11
ground reports 
Apr 15, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
3
ground reports 
Apr 1, 2026
Mar 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
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 3, 2026.