Hail in Leander, TX on May 16, 2025
Radar-estimated up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 10 ground reports
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) over Leander between 8:39 PM and 9:24 PM, from 11 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. On the ground, 10 reports were filed in Leander; the largest measured 3" (teacup size).
Ground reports filed in Leander
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 8:53 PM | 3" (teacup size) | NWS spotter report (nws employee) |
| 8:54 PM | 2.75" (baseball size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 8:54 PM | 2.5" (tennis ball size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 8:52 PM | 2" (hen egg size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 8:47 PM | 1.75" (golf ball size) | NWS spotter report (cocorahs) |
| 8:52 PM | 1.75" (golf ball size) | NWS spotter report (trained spotter) |
| 8:55 PM | 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) | NWS spotter report (emergency mngr) |
| 8:59 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:20 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:03 PM | 0.88" (nickel size) | NWS spotter report (trained spotter) |
What tennis ball-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 May 16
- Cross Timber, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Waxahachie, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 1 report
- Briaroaks, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2.75" (baseball size) · 1 report
- Burleson, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2.75" (baseball size)
- Burnet, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2.75" (baseball size) · 1 report
- Midlothian, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2.75" (baseball size) · 2 reports
- Grand Prairie, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size)
- Venus, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 1 report
- The Homesteads, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size)
- Crandall, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 2" (hen egg size) · 1 report
- Cresson, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- Fort Worth, TX · May 16, 2025radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
Other hail days in Leander
- August 28, 2026radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- May 19, 2026radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- May 28, 2025radar up to 4" (softball size) · 2 reports
- April 30, 2025radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- May 13, 2024radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- April 9, 2024ground reports · 2 reports
- June 16, 2023radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size)
- June 3, 2023radar up to 1.75" (golf ball 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.