Hail in Decatur, TX on May 18, 2025
Radar-estimated up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) · 1 ground report
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) over Decatur between 7:49 PM and 8:31 PM, from 7 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. On the ground, 1 report was filed in Decatur; the largest measured 1.25" (half dollar size).
Ground reports filed in Decatur
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 7:50 PM | 1.25" (half dollar size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
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 May 18
- McKinney, TX · May 18, 2025radar up to 2.75" (baseball size)
- Prosper, TX · May 18, 2025radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size)
- Cross Roads, TX · May 18, 2025radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Little Elm, TX · May 18, 2025radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Paloma Creek South, TX · May 18, 2025radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Denton, TX · May 18, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- Robert Lee, TX · May 18, 2025ground reports · 1 report
- Tuscola, TX · May 18, 2025ground reports · 2 reports
Other hail days in Decatur
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.