Nacogdoches, TX Hail Storm – October 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through Nacogdoches, TX on October 28, 2025, producing a peak confirmed hail size of 1.25 inches and a mix of radar-derived and spotter-verified reports across the afternoon and evening. The event began with 1-inch hail detected at 2:32 PM CDT, then repeated hail alerts followed through late afternoon as the storm maintained a hail-producing core.

By 2:45 PM CDT, a social media report placed nickel-size hail just east of Nacogdoches. A separate report at 2:40 PM CDT noted large snapped tree limbs at a residence in the northeastern section of the city. Around 3:25 PM CDT, spotters reported trees and power lines down south of Driller Park and R.E. St. Johns Football Stadium. Radar confidence remained steady during that window, with dual-polarization detections showing 1-inch hail at 3:25 PM CDT and 3:30 PM CDT.

The storm intensified again near midafternoon. At 3:54 PM CDT, radar confidence increased to 1.25-inch hail. More 1-inch alerts followed at 4:03 PM CDT, 4:12 PM CDT, 4:18 PM CDT, 4:19 PM CDT, 4:56 PM CDT, 5:04 PM CDT, 5:23 PM CDT, and 5:54 PM CDT. Spotter-verified reports stayed close to that same timeline, including 1-inch hail around 4:30 PM CDT along Toledo Bend off Merritt Mountain Road and corrected timing on a similar report at 4:38 PM CDT. Another spotter report at 6:37 PM CDT described hail from a social media photo in the Jordan Hill community in southeast Winn Parish, where a snapped tree top brought down power lines at a residence.

Damage Assessment

The field reports point to scattered tree and utility impacts rather than broad structural damage in the Nacogdoches metro. The clearest reports came from the northeastern section of the city, where snapped limbs were documented at a residence, and from the area south of Driller Park and R.E. St. Johns Football Stadium, where trees and power lines were reported down. A 2:40 PM CDT report placed damage in a residential setting, while a later 3:25 PM CDT report put utility impacts closer to the stadium area.

Reports east of Nacogdoches also confirmed hail reaching quarter-size in spots, with nickel-size hail noted just east of town. Farther south and east, spotter notes along Toledo Bend off Merritt Mountain Road described dime- to quarter-size hail around 4:30 PM CDT and again at 4:38 PM CDT after a time correction. Those reports align with the radar sequence that continued to show 1-inch to 1.25-inch hail through the late afternoon.

The broader event footprint included tree and line damage outside the core metro. Reports also noted tree limbs down on CR 366 east of FM 1798 and trees down on FM 1196 just south of TX Highway 21. In southeast Winn Parish, a social media photo showed the top of a snapped tree taking down power lines at a residence in Jordan Hill. The storm also overlapped with a separate tornado report in the region, which added wind damage to an already active convective setup.