Colorado City, TX Hail Storm – May 2026

A severe hail storm tracked through Colorado City, Texas on May 10, 2026, producing 3.81-inch stones and multiple radar-detected and spotter-verified hail cores from mid-afternoon into the overnight hours.

What Happened

Forty-one NWS alerts were issued for the event between 1:46 PM CDT and 12:55 AM CDT, ranging from NWS warning-only notices to dual-polarization radar detections and radar-plus-spotter reports. Early afternoon radar first detected 1.15-inch returns at 1:46 PM CDT, and by mid- to late afternoon the system produced several intense radar cores. Around 3:10 PM CDT a radar return paired with spotter confirmation showed baseball-to-larger-size hail near routes west of Colorado City. Multiple radar detections in the late afternoon returned values above 2 inches, and radar again intensified after 11:00 PM CDT with additional large-hail cores.

Field observations match the radar timeline. Around 3:30 PM CDT multiple mPING observers reported tennis- to baseball-size hail along TX Hwy 208 roughly 10 miles northwest of Silver. Around 5:20 PM CDT three separate mPING submissions recorded baseball-size stones near the Colorado City corridor. Additional mPING entries during the early evening documented tennis-ball and golf-ball dimensions near outlying rural roads, and social-media–relayed reports placed golf-ball to hen-egg size hail over Westbrook in the mid-afternoon. Several alerts during the event were issued as NWS warning-only, while others were explicitly radar-detected or radar-plus-spotter verified.

Damage Assessment

Surface observations indicate concentrated impact along the TX Hwy 208 corridor northwest of Silver and in the Colorado City vicinity. Multiple mPING reports around 3:30 PM CDT and 5:20 PM CDT recorded stones large enough to dent metal and shatter vulnerable glazing on exposed rural structures. Separate evening mPING reports logged tennis-ball dimensions at 6:42 PM CDT on local county roads, and multiple spotter entries recorded golf-ball and hen-egg sizes near Westbrook and Snyder earlier in the afternoon.

Radar-detected cores tracked through the same corridors that produced the largest field reports, producing overlapping detections during late afternoon and again after sunset. Where spotters reported baseball- and tennis-size hail, local imagery and public reports describe widespread vehicle panel dents and broken farm equipment windows along farm-to-market routes. No centralized municipal damage survey data was available on site at the time of this report; observed and reported impacts remain concentrated on rural roadways, individual residences, and outbuildings in and around Colorado City, the TX Hwy 208 corridor northwest of Silver, Westbrook, and areas west of Snyder.

What Contractors Should Know

Inspect roofs and exterior sheet metal on properties along TX Hwy 208 northwest of Silver and within Colorado City first. Prioritize photographic documentation of seam edges, ridge caps, and vulnerable roof penetrations; mPING submissions show multiple locations experienced stones sufficient to dent metal and fracture glazing. For clients who reported hail at 5:20 PM CDT, capture vehicle photos and timestamps for claims support before any repair work alters evidence.