Fairfield, TX Hail Storm – June 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm crossed the Fairfield, TX area on June 1, 2025, with verified hail reaching 2.75 inches and a long sequence of radar and spotter-confirmed alerts through the afternoon and evening. The storm produced repeated hail cores across the metro, with the most intense reports coming later in the event.

The first verified hail alert came at 12:51 PM CDT, when radar and spotter input supported 1.25-inch hail. Another round followed at 1:42 PM CDT with 1.75-inch hail. After a quieter stretch, the storm reorganized in late afternoon and early evening. Alerts at 5:05 PM CDT, 6:07 PM CDT, and 6:17 PM CDT each carried 1-inch hail estimates with radar and spotter verification.

By 6:53 PM CDT, hail had strengthened to 2 inches. The storm maintained that level through 7:20 PM CDT and 7:30 PM CDT. The most intense verified hail in this event arrived at 8:24 PM CDT, when radar and spotter data supported 2.75-inch hail. Later alerts at 9:07 PM CDT, 9:56 PM CDT, and 10:13 PM CDT continued to show hail with decreasing size, including a final dual-polarization radar detection of 1-inch hail.

Field reports placed the larger hail to the north and west of Fairfield as the storm matured. At 5:11 PM CDT, a spotter photo near CR 1219 and Nolan River Road showed half dollar to two-inch hail. Later reports from the Dallas-Fort Worth side of the track included apple-size hail in far south Fort Worth at 6:56 PM CDT and baseball-size hail in Everman at 7:00 PM CDT. A 7:23 PM CDT report from Arlington described tennis ball-size hail at Polly Webb and Green Oaks.

Damage Assessment

The ground reports show a storm with enough size to produce isolated but meaningful surface impact along the hail corridor. The verified photos near CR 1219 and Nolan River Road indicate direct stone strikes in the Fairfield area, with hail large enough to challenge exposed roofs, vents, and soft metal trim. The later reports west and north of the city confirm that the same storm maintained a damaging hail core as it moved deeper into the metro.

The 6:56 PM CDT report from far south Fort Worth documented apple-size hail. The 7:00 PM CDT report from Everman documented baseball-size hail. The 7:23 PM CDT report from Arlington documented tennis ball-size hail. These observations point to a broad hail-producing storm with multiple severe cores rather than a brief isolated burst.

In Fairfield itself, the strongest verified hail came from the late-afternoon storm track, when radar and spotter data supported 2-inch hail and later 2.75-inch hail. The earlier 1.25-inch and 1.75-inch alerts show the storm building before the peak report, while the later 1-inch detections show the hail core weakening after the main event. The pattern matches a storm that intensified, produced a damaging hail swath, and then gradually tapered.

For property owners, the exposed damage picture should focus on roofs, skylights, gutters, vehicle glass, and HVAC fins. The verified reports near roads and neighborhood intersections suggest a corridor of impact rather than a single point strike.