Hail in McAllen, TX on May 17, 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 McAllen between 7:57 AM and 8:00 AM, 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 17
- Laredo, TX · May 17, 2024radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 3 reports
- Havana, TX · May 17, 2024radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size) · 1 report
- Penitas, TX · May 17, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size) · 1 report
- Bandera, TX · May 17, 2024ground reports · 1 report
- Hidalgo, TX · May 17, 2024ground reports · 1 report
- Pharr, TX · May 17, 2024ground reports · 1 report
- La Homa, TX · May 17, 2024ground reports · 1 report
Other hail days in McAllen
- May 8, 2025radar up to 3.75" (teacup size) · 9 reports
- May 29, 2023radar up to 3.25" (teacup size)
- May 17, 2023radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- May 13, 2023radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- April 29, 2023radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- April 21, 2023radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- November 11, 2022radar 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.