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Hail in Windthorst · Apr 25, 2026

NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.75" 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.

A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.

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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 200
Ground reports 2 2 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Windthorst has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.9 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

5.9 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
46 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
67 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Windthorst saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 25, 2026 · Windthorst, 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Windthorst, TX on Apr 25, 2026 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 2.5" Detections 4
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Apr 25, 2026 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 1.75"

The storm in context

Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Windthorst's hail record.

This was Windthorst's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Apr 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Windthorst at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Windthorst: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Texas. Nearest: Scotland (12 miles northwest, up to 3.5"); Henrietta (22 miles northeast, up to 3.25"); Holliday (24 miles northwest, up to 3.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Windthorst 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

2 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.

Tornado reports

2 reports
Tornado Rating unknown
4 NE Windthorst Clay County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
5 NE Windthorst Clay County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for Windthorst 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.

200 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.4M

Potential roof exposure — 200 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 200 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 $42 on top of the $150 plan.

Windthorst hail history

13 recorded storm days in Windthorst, TX
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Sep 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Sep 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Jul 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Jul 5, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Jun 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Jun 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Jun 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

May 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

May 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

May 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Apr 28, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 2.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Apr 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Apr 27, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Apr 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Apr 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Apr 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Apr 3, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Windthorst, TX on Mar 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Windthorst / TX

Mar 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" 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 11, 2026.