Roaring Springs, TX Hail Storm – July 2026

A severe hail storm moved through Roaring Springs, Texas on July 5, 2026, producing a peak hail detection of 2.19 inches and multiple radar-detected and spotter-verified reports. The event ran from mid-afternoon into late evening and generated 34 NWS alerts across the local warning area.

What Happened

The first radar-derived alert arrived around 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC), and the sequence of warnings and radar hail detections continued intermittently through about 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC). Dual-polarization radar flagged repeated hail cores between late afternoon and early evening, with radar-derived size estimates clustered from roughly 1 inch up to the peak detection. NWS warning-only alerts were intermingled with radar-detected hail alerts across the warning area, producing 34 total NWS alerts for the storm.

Spotters recorded multiple surface impacts during the event. At 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC) three separate spotter-verified reports logged 1.75-inch hail in the Roaring Springs vicinity. Two additional spotter-verified entries at 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC) measured 1.5-inch hail. Later, at 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC), mPING submissions reported roughly 1.25-inch hail in separate locations. Those surface reports align with the radar-detected hail cores that tracked through town from late afternoon into the early evening.

Damage Assessment

Field reports document multiple instances of large hail across Roaring Springs, with spotter-verified impacts recorded in the early evening hours. The NWS local storm report entries for this event provide hail measurements but do not include widespread descriptions of structural failures or injuries in the Roaring Springs reports in our dataset. Radar-derived detections show a concentrated hail track through populated parts of town where the spotter reports clustered at 5:12 PM CDT and 5:59 PM CDT.

Visible indicators that contractors should expect on initial inspections include dented vehicle panels and pocked metal roofing in areas near the verified reports. Where spotters recorded repeated impacts within the same neighborhoods, expect increased frequency of shingle bruising and cracked composites on vehicles parked outdoors. Tree and vegetation impacts were not prominent in the local storm report notes, but isolated limb abrasion is possible where hail accumulation was heaviest around the verified observation times.

What Contractors Should Know

Prioritize a field canvass beginning with the cluster of spotter-verified reports at 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC) and the follow-up reports at 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC). These timestamps mark the strongest surface observations and correspond with the densest radar-detected hail signatures. Start inspections on east–west roof runs and on vehicle fleets that were exposed in public parking near the central sections of Roaring Springs.

Document roof shingle granule loss and dents on metal panels at first contact. Photograph representative damage with scale, note location coordinates, and log the nearest spotter report time on each claim. For residential assessments, inspect south- and west-facing facades and parked vehicles first, as these orientations often showed the earliest verified impacts in this storm sequence.