Avoca, TX Hail Storm – April 2026

What Happened

A severe hail storm crossed the Avoca, TX area on April 13, 2026, with a peak hail size of 2.75 inches and a long sequence of radar-detected and spotter-verified reports across west-central Texas. The storm produced multiple large-hail alerts from mid-afternoon into early evening, then continued to generate field reports after sunset.

Dual-polarization radar first flagged 1.5-inch hail at 4:22 PM CDT, then 2-inch hail at 4:40 PM CDT and 2.5-inch hail at 4:58 PM CDT. Additional radar detections followed at 5:24 PM CDT with 2.25-inch hail, 5:33 PM CDT with 1.25-inch hail, and 5:47 PM CDT with another 2.5-inch hail estimate. Spotter reports then began to fill in the ground picture, with a 1-inch report at 6:11 PM CDT, a 1.75-inch report at 6:51 PM CDT, and another 1.25-inch report at 7:30 PM CDT.

Nearby field reports showed the broader hail corridor extending beyond Avoca. At 6:45 PM CDT, a public report from Loraine described ping pong ball sized hail. At 7:05 PM CDT, a photo from Roscoe showed quarter-sized hail. At 7:32 PM CDT, a spotter in Rotan reported golf ball sized hail about one block west of the park in town. The repeated reports across separate towns show a storm complex with more than one hail core and a path that extended well beyond a single point on the map.

Damage Assessment

The damage picture points to a hail event with enough size and coverage to reach roofs, vehicles, and soft outdoor surfaces in more than one community. In Rotan, the golf ball report came from a spotter located close to the town center, one block west of the park. In Loraine, the ping pong ball report came through media relay. In Roscoe, the photo of quarter-sized hail added visual ground truth. A 40 mph wind report at 6:42 PM CDT also appeared in the field data, which suggests some localized wind load alongside the hail.

For Avoca and the surrounding metro area, the radar sequence matters because it shows hail growth and persistence over several hours. The storm did not produce a single short-lived burst. It cycled through multiple large-hail signatures and then continued with spotter-observed stones later in the evening. That pattern usually leaves scattered but concentrated impact areas along the storm path, especially where hail fell during the stronger cores.

The reports do not point to one uniform impact field. They show varying hail sizes across different towns and times. That is consistent with a hail-producing storm that evolved as it moved east and northeast through the region, with the largest stones appearing in the radar sequence earlier in the event and verified ground reports arriving later from downstream locations.

What Contractors Should Know

This storm touched several communities in the Colorado City and west-central Texas corridor, including Avoca, Loraine, Roscoe, and Rotan. Roof, siding, gutter, and vehicle checks should start with the neighborhoods and streets that sat under the storm path during the late-afternoon radar peaks, then extend outward to the towns that filed spotter reports after 6 PM CDT.