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Storm reports for April 26, 2025

NOAA recorded 35 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 9 states on April 26, 2025.

in 9 states
47
Storm reports
Near 30.84, -102.84, TX
5.0 in
Largest hail
Near 35.17, -94.42, AR
75 mph
Highest gust
3
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 26, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

Hail up to 5 inches across fell southeast of Fort Stockton, Texas, on the evening of April 26, 2025. A storm chaser sized it from the crater it left in a windshield.1 In Fort Stockton, the Pecos County emergency manager reported baseball-sized hail on the west side of the city, and KWES reported tennis ball-sized hail in town.2,3 Earlier that afternoon, people in Pecos reported hail the size of golf balls to hen eggs.4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1244796, hail, Pecos County, Texas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1244795, hail, Pecos County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1244794, hail, Pecos County, Texas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1244784, hail, Reeves County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail35, most at 7 PM

Wind9, most at 5 PM

Tornado3, most at 2 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:30 PMNot ratedNear 34.05, -96.14, OK3 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:35 PMNot ratedNear 34.31, -104.24, NM0.42 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:00 PMNot ratedNear 33.60, -104.32, NM0.79 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
New Mexico131012
Texas111100
Oklahoma9531
Arkansas6330
South Carolina3300
Colorado2200
California1100
Connecticut1010
North Carolina1010

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Greenville, SC1.0 inNone0
Fayetteville, AR0.88 inNone0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.