Hail in Huntsville, TX on May 9, 2024
Radar-estimated up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) over Huntsville around 9:14 PM, from 2 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 May 9
- Woodcreek, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 4" (softball size) · 1 report
- Hico, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3.75" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Canyon Creek, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3.75" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Itasca, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3.5" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Alvord, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3.25" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Briggs, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3.25" (teacup size)
- Chico, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size)
- Kosse, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Southmayd, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size)
- Lake Kiowa, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Pecan Plantation, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 2 reports
- Cranfills Gap, TX · May 9, 2024radar up to 2.75" (baseball size) · 1 report
Other hail days in Huntsville
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.