Littlefield, TX Hail Storm – May 2026

A severe hail storm tracked through Littlefield, TX on May 22, 2026, producing stones up to 2.93 inches and generating a prolonged series of radar-detected and spotter-verified reports. The event began in the late afternoon and continued into the early morning hours across multiple canvass zones.

What Happened

NWS alerts for this event began in the late afternoon and continued through the overnight period into the next morning, totaling 56 separate alerts across the warning area. Dual-polarization radar flagged repeated hail cores beginning at 4:19 PM CDT, and NWS warning-only messages supplemented radar detections at several points during the event. Spotter-verified reporting began in the early evening and aligned with radar signatures in multiple pushes.

Spotter reports recorded very large stones during the peak. At 6:10 PM CDT a mPING submission described tennis ball–size hail (2.5 inches). Earlier at 6:00 PM CDT another spotter reported hen-egg size stones (2.25 inches). A measured sample entered the record as a 2.18-inch specimen with time estimated from radar. Multiple social-media photos and mPING submissions between 5:20 PM CDT and 6:00 PM CDT documented additional 1.5–1.75-inch observations. Later overnight, radar continued to detect strong hail cores through the early morning hours, with a sequence of dual-polarization radar alarms and intermittent NWS warning-only alerts through 7:11 AM CDT the following day.

Damage Assessment

Field submissions and social-media imagery show concentrated surface impacts on vehicles and exposed equipment in areas where spotters recorded the largest stones. Multiple photo reports submitted around 5:20–5:56 PM CDT show denting and broken landscaping items in residential neighborhoods south and east of central Littlefield. The measured 2.18-inch sample and the 2.5-inch mPING submission correspond to the same late-evening radar core that registered intense dual-polarization returns near 6:37 PM CDT.

Several spotter entries near 5:43–5:56 PM CDT documented quarter- to half-dollar–sized hail and repeated 1.75-inch photographic reports. Those clustered reports coincide with radar-detected hail swaths that intersected populated canvass zones, suggesting focused damage on parked vehicles and unshielded rooftop fixtures in those neighborhoods. Delayed social posts near the intersection of Trinity Mills Rd and Scott Mill Rd showed 1.5-inch stones in the pre-dawn hours; those reports were time-stamped as delayed submissions but were mapped to overnight radar activity.

Reports that explicitly reference photos or measured samples should be prioritized for on-site verification. Locations with multiple independent spotter submissions and matching radar returns show the highest likelihood of visible exterior damage. Areas where only NWS warning-only alerts occurred but lacked accompanying photos or measured samples show less field evidence of surface impact and should be triaged lower on inspection lists.

Littlefield, TX Hail Storm – May 2026

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