Hail in Blue Ridge, TX on April 26, 2023
Radar-estimated up to 2.25" (hen egg size)
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 2.25" (hen egg size) over Blue Ridge between 9:28 PM and 9:32 PM, from 5 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 hen egg-size hail does to a roof
Hail this large routinely cracks and punctures asphalt shingles, dents metal vents and gutters, and can break skylights. Damage is often visible from the ground, but bruised shingles that look intact can still fail early. 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 26
Other hail days in Blue Ridge
- June 6, 2026radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- May 8, 2026radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- March 30, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- March 25, 2025radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size)
- May 26, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- May 8, 2024radar up to 2" (hen egg size)
- March 14, 2024radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size)
- January 11, 2024radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
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.