Batesville, TX Hail Storm – February 2026

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through the Batesville, TX metro on February 14, 2026, with the strongest verified hail reaching 1.5 inches late in the day. Three NWS alert areas covered the event as hail reports and dual-polarization radar returns lined up through the afternoon.

The first alert came at 2:35 PM CST with 1-inch hail and spotter-reported confidence. A ground report at 2:42 PM CST described stones around quarter size from photos and video shared on social media. By 4:22 PM CST, radar had flagged 1.5-inch hail, and the same size was repeated in a second alert at 4:52 PM CST.

Field reports filled in the path between those times. At 4:30 PM CST, a report near the intersection of Cabeza Road and Edmund Mueller northwest of Nordheim noted large downed tree branches 6 to 9 inches in diameter. Around 4:40 PM CST, hail up to quarter size was reported on Metting Road north of Yorktown. At 4:50 PM CST, DeWitt County Emergency Management reported quarter-sized hail on Smith Ranch Road. Social media photos at 4:53 PM CST showed hail from penny to quarter size.

A pair of mPING reports at 5:19 PM CST each logged half-dollar hail at 1.25 inches. Those reports came after the radar had already identified the larger hail core and near the end of the storm period.

Damage Assessment

The field reports point to a narrow hail swath with mixed surface impact across the Batesville area and nearby roads. Most of the documented reports fell in the quarter-size to 1.25-inch range, with the strongest ground confirmation coming in at half-dollar size. The damage notes also show localized wind or impact debris, including the broken tree limbs reported northwest of Nordheim.

The reports from Metting Road, Smith Ranch Road, and the Cabeza Road and Edmund Mueller area suggest scattered hit points rather than continuous severe damage across a wide area. Several of the hail observations came from social media imagery and radar-timed estimates, which helps place the hail core but does not replace direct ground confirmation.

The late-afternoon timing matters for field response. By the time the 5:19 PM CST reports came in, the storm had already produced multiple hail cores and had been verified by spotters and radar. That left a clear paper trail for contractors checking roofs, siding, and vehicle lots across the broader Batesville-to-Yorktown corridor.

What Contractors Should Know

Focus first on the roads and rural properties closest to the reported points. The strongest verified hail fell in the 1.25-inch to 1.5-inch range, but the report set shows smaller hail nearby as well. That pattern calls for a route that starts with the corridor around Batesville and extends northwest toward Nordheim and east toward Yorktown, rather than treating the entire metro as a single uniform zone.