Hail in Abilene, TX on April 15, 2026
Radar-estimated up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) over Abilene between 4:33 PM and 4:51 PM, from 12 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. No spotter or NOAA ground report was filed inside the town that day, which is common: most hail falls where nobody is measuring it.
What ping-pong ball-size hail does to a roof
Hail in this range commonly bruises asphalt shingles and knocks off the protective granules. The roof may look fine from the street and still have lost years of life; soft metals like vents and gutters usually show the dents first. Radar describes the storm, not your shingles: the only way to know what a particular roof took is an inspection. Most homeowner policies set a deadline for reporting storm damage, so check your policy.
Every home inside a storm's radar footprint, scored by roof age, material and hail history, sold to a few roofers only so you are not the twentieth truck on the street.
Other Texas towns hit on April 15
- Breckenridge, TX · Apr 15, 2026ground reports · 2 reports
- Brownwood, TX · Apr 15, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- Graham, TX · Apr 15, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- Miles, TX · Apr 15, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- Runaway Bay, TX · Apr 15, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- Wichita Falls, TX · Apr 15, 2026ground reports · 1 report
Other hail days in Abilene
- July 5, 2026radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) · 1 report
- March 10, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- June 9, 2025radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- June 8, 2025radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 1 report
- May 29, 2025radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- May 25, 2025radar up to 3.75" (teacup size) · 2 reports
- May 18, 2025radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size)
- April 22, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size) · 2 reports
Radar sizes are estimates from NEXRAD hail signatures (NOAA Severe Weather Data Inventory) for the largest stones in a storm cell, not a measurement at any one home. Ground reports are National Weather Service local storm reports and the NOAA Storm Events Database, as filed. Town-level data only; this page shows no addresses and no homeowner information.