Hail size 1"
4 NNW Canton Van Zandt County
“Picture of hail along I-20 near Canton on Facebook. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Van Zandt
Hail in Wills Point · Apr 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 13,251
Ground reports 4 4 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Wills Point has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 82 /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 Wills Point saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 24, 2026 · Wills Point, TX
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
2"
The storm in context
Where Apr 24, 2026 sits in Wills Point's hail record.
This was Wills Point's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 51 days after the Mar 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wills Point at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wills Point: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 87 of them in Texas. Nearest: Point (7 miles north, up to 2.5"); Edgewood (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Emory (9 miles northeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Wills Point 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"
2 W Fruitvale Van Zandt County
“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 SW Wills Point Van Zandt County
“Social media report of quarter sized hail with a few golf balls mixed in on FM 47 near Wills Point. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 NNE Wills Point Van Zandt County
“Reported on Facebook. (FWD)”
— 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 90 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Canton and Fruitvale — beyond Wills Point itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Wills Point roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
13,251 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$159M
Potential roof exposure — 13,251 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 66 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$990K
Close just 0.5% of the 13,251 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
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $2,783 on top of the $150 plan.
Wills Point hail history
Other storms in Wills Point.
8 recorded storm days in Wills Point, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wills Point / TX
Sep 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wills Point / TX
Aug 7, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wills Point / TX
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wills Point / TX
May 22, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wills Point / TX
May 8, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wills Point / TX
Apr 29, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wills Point / TX
Mar 4, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
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 12, 2026.