Hail Storm Map — April 29, 2026

Hail storm map for April 29, 2026: max 3.00" hail across AR, LA, MS, TX, ~52,450 structures in swath.

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A significant hail event swept across AR, LA, MS, TX on April 29, 2026, with MRMS radar measuring stones up to 3.00". An estimated 52,450 structures fell inside the qualifying swath. Texas took the brunt with ~40,459 structures estimated in the ≥1" footprint. Roughly 7,736 of those sat under destructive ≥2.50" stones — the radar tier that routinely totals roofs and shatters auto glass. NOAA logged 69 hail reports and 35 wind reports for the day.

Max hail size

3.00"

States impacted

Structures in swath

52,450

Estimated structures affected by state & hail size

State	≥1.00"	≥1.75"	≥2.50"
Texas	40,459	14,827	7,736
Mississippi	9,288	56	0
Louisiana	2,358	8	0
Arkansas	345	0	0

NOAA storm reports

Hail reports (65)

Texas · 40 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
09:56	CAMP	CASS	Ping pong ball size hail reported in Marietta.
10:16	DOUGLASSVILLE	CASS	Golf ball size hail reported in Douglassville.
11:08	WINNSBORO	WOOD	Quarter size hail reported in Winnsboro.
13:05	JUDSON	GREGG	Quarter size hail reported in Judson.
13:05	JUDSON	GREGG	Hail ranging from half dollar to ping pong ball size reported just north of Judson.
13:34	ENNIS	ELLIS	Social media photo on X showed 2.5 inch hail in Ennis.
13:36	ENNIS	ELLIS	Emergency manager reported 1.5 inch hail at the Ennis Public Safety Facility.
14:06	HAMILTON	HAMILTON	Amateur Radio reported mostly quarter size hail with some larger size up to ping-pong ball.
14:25	ALEY	HENDERSON	Social media video showed hail ranging from quarters to golf balls falling in Seven Points.
14:27	ALEY	HENDERSON	Amateur Radio reported quarter size hail 1 mile south of Seven Points.
14:31	CEDAR CREEK RES NORT	HENDERSON	Amateur Radio reported quarter size hail 3 miles southwest of Mabank.
15:08	ATHENS	HENDERSON	Social media photos and videos showed hail up to tennis ball size in parts of Athens.
15:10	CRESCENT HGTS	HENDERSON	Report of 1.75 inch hail from mPING.
15:23	BAXTER	HENDERSON	Quarter sized hail was reported by an amateur radio operator 3 miles NW of Larue.
15:28	NEW YORK	HENDERSON	Amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail in New York Texas.
15:31	GIVENS	LAMAR	Report of 1.25 inch hail from mPING.
15:32	LARUE	HENDERSON	Report of 1.75 inch hail from mPING.
15:54	BULLARD	SMITH	Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size reported in Bullard. Quarter size hail was also reported east of U.S. Highway 69 along FM Road 344.
16:52	MIXON	CHEROKEE	Ping pong ball size hail reported in the Mixon community.
17:25	JACKSONVILLE	CHEROKEE	Half dollar size hail reported in Jacksonville.
17:36	BARKSDALE	EDWARDS	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Barksdale.
17:39	BARKSDALE	EDWARDS	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Barksdale.
17:51	VANCE	REAL	A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail between Barksdale and Camp Wood.
17:52	BARKSDALE	EDWARDS	A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail in Barksdale.
18:01	VANCE	REAL	A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail south of Camp Wood.
18:03	CAMP WOOD	EDWARDS	A thunderstorm produced 5 diameter hail (picture on X) south of Camp Wood.
18:08	MONTELL	UVALDE	A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail south of Camp Wood.
18:21	MONTELL	UVALDE	A thunderstorm produced tea cup size hail south of Camp Wood.
18:22	MONTELL	UVALDE	A thunderstorm produced 3.5 diameter hail south of Camp Wood.
18:28	VANCE	REAL	A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail (picture on X) south of Camp Wood.
18:57	PRAIRIE GROVE	LIMESTONE	A photo showed quarter to half dollar size hail fell on LCR 433 around 7 miles south of Mexia.
19:10	CONCAN	UVALDE	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Concan.
19:50	STEWARDS MILL	FREESTONE	Emergency manager reported golf ball size hail at 460 Hwy 75 North.
19:55	FAIRFIELD	FREESTONE	Emergency manager relayed numerous reports of pea to golf ball size hail on the east side of Fairfield.
19:57	MIDWAY	MADISON	A trained storm spotter reported 1 in hail southwest of Midway.
20:25	TUCKER	ANDERSON	Report of 1.25 inch hail from mPING.
21:00	AMISTAD RES EAST	VAL VERDE	A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail off Spur 406 on the north side of Lake Amistad.
21:21	(DRT)DEL RIO INTL AR	VAL VERDE	A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near Lake View.
21:23	DEL RIO	VAL VERDE	A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail between Del Rio and Lake View.
21:44	DUNAGAN STATION	ANGELINA	Quarter size hail reported along Highway 103 West near Lufkin.

Louisiana · 9 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
10:43	CAPPS CITY	CADDO	Half dollar size hail reported in the Three States community.
11:03	IDA	CADDO	Ping pong ball size hail reported in Ida.
12:25	HOMER	CLAIBORNE	Quarter size hail reported at North Main Street in Homer.
13:23	CALHOUN	OUACHITA	Quarter size hail reported in Calhoun.
13:32	CLAIBORNE	OUACHITA	Quarter size hail reported in West Monroe.
13:45	HAUGHTON	BOSSIER	Quarter size hail reported in Haughton.
13:46	FILLMORE	BOSSIER	Half dollar size hail reported in Fillmore, via Mping.
16:10	SPRING RIDGE	CADDO	Quarter size hail reported near Spring Ridge just west of Keithville.
18:10	5 W Bundick Lake	Beauregard	Public reported pea size hail on Lumas Rd.

North Carolina · 7 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
06:13	REESE	WATAUGA	Hail of three quarter inch in diameter was reported near Reese, NC.
20:52	LOCUST	STANLY	One inch hail was observed near Locust.
21:10	MEBANE	ALAMANCE	Quarter-inch hail was reported in the town of Mebane.
21:12	MEBANE HURDLE FLD AR	ALAMANCE	Broadcast media report shows 1.25 to 1.5 inch hail in the town of Mebane.
21:15	MEBANE HURDLE FLD AR	ALAMANCE	Dime size hail was reported near the 3900 block along Long Meadow Drive in Mebane.
21:44	CHAPEL HILL	ORANGE	One inch hail was reported near Chapel Hill.
21:44	CHAPEL HILL	ORANGE	One inch hail was measured near Carrboro.

Mississippi · 5 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
02:04	TISHOMINGO CO ARPT	TISHOMINGO	Quarter-sized hail fell near Belmont, MS.
07:20	DAMASCUS	KEMPER	Quarter to ping pong ball-sized hail via social media and broadcast media.
12:23	5 S Raymond	Hinds	Along Oakley-Palestine road.
18:30	MILL CREEK	PEARL RIVER	Public report on social media of quarter-sized hail near Carriere.
18:32	MILL CREEK	PEARL RIVER	Public reports golf ball sized hail near Carriere.

Arkansas · 2 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
10:37	RAVANNA	MILLER	Hail ranging from quarter to half dollar size hail reported in the Ravanna community.
11:44	EMERSON	COLUMBIA	Quarter size hail reported on South Elm Street in Emerson.

Oklahoma · 1 report

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
16:27	IDABEL	MCCURTAIN	Quarter size hail reported in Idabel.

Alabama · 1 report

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
03:20	DANVILLE	MORGAN	Nickel-sized hail was reported in Danville.

Wind reports (35)

Mississippi · 9 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
00:00	NEW HOPE	LOWNDES	Tree down on a home, minor damage.
13:32	NEWMAN	HINDS	A tree was blown down and was blocking the roadway on Newman Road near Highway 27.
14:00	31.71009478138379, -89.	Simpson	Emergency manager reported several trees down on SCR highway 84 and highway 531.
14:50	LAKE COMO	JASPER	A sizeable swath of wind damage developed across south-central Jasper county and moved into northeast Jones during the afternoon o April 29th. Much of this wind was in the 60-65 mph range. However, a more intense corridor developed on the east side of the Moss community and in the Bonner community with peak winds between 70-80 mph. Numerous trees were damaged from being uprooted, snapped, or had large limbs broken off. These were downed in a south-facing direction. Three homes had trees down on them, along with some on a couple of sheds. Power lines and poles were downed by trees as well. Worst impacted areas were along CR 31, 33, 311 in Jasper County and the 400-500 blocks of Claiborne Road and Bonner Road in NE Jones County.
16:00	SUMMIT	PIKE	Pike County Sheriffs Office reported a couple of trees down.
16:16	WEST LINCOLN	LINCOLN	Multiple trees down.
16:40	MC COMB	PIKE	Pike County Sheriffs Office reported a couple of trees down.
17:00	JOHNSVILLE	ADAMS	A tree was blown down across Palestine Road.
18:32	CAESAR	PEARL RIVER	Emergency Management reports a tree down in roadway and powerline down near Carriere.

Alabama · 9 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
00:14	2 SSW Florence	Lauderdale	The Hazcams station measured a wind gust of 37 mph at the University of North Alabama station.
00:14	2 ESE Florence	Lauderdale	Winds were reported to gust to around 49 mph at the 360 Grille. The location of the measuring equipment at this location was 300 feet AGL.
00:30	2 E Muscle Shoals	Colbert	Peak wind gust of 38 mph measured at KMSL ASOS.
02:57	VINA	FRANKLIN	A tree was knocked down on Highway 19 in the Vina area.
03:11	BELGREEN	FRANKLIN	A tree was knocked down on Highway 524 in the Belgreen community.
20:46	RED GAP JCT	JEFFERSON	Several trees were knocked down around a cul-de-sac on Stonehenge Place and the neighboring street Wimbledon Ct, with a couple falling on homes and one falling through a fence. Power lines were knocked down as well, with power outages noted in the area by 10 pm CDT.
22:33	MASSEY	MORGAN	A large tree was knocked down at the intersection of West Lacon Road and State Crusher Road.
22:45	MT TABOR	MORGAN	A tree was knocked down across the roadway at 849 Mt. Tabor Road.
22:49	FLORETTE	MORGAN	A tree was knocked down into the roadway on Greasy Cove Road at the sharp curve near Pine Burr.

North Carolina · 8 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
20:21	REIDSVILLE ARPT	ROCKINGHAM	Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree along Lawndale Drive near Reidsville, NC.
20:30	THOMPSONVILLE	ROCKINGHAM	Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Mizpah Church Road and N.C. Highway 87.
20:45	BROWNS SUMMIT	GUILFORD	One hundred power outages were reported due to trees on powerlines.
20:48	HILLSDALE	GUILFORD	One hundred power outages from trees down on power lines.
21:30	OXFORD	GRANVILLE	One hundred power outages from trees on powerlines.
21:35	CALVANDER	ORANGE	Several hundred power outages were reported from trees down on powerlines.
21:48	FARRINGTON	CHATHAM	One thousand power outages were reported from trees on powerlines.
22:02	FARRINGTON	CHATHAM	A tree was reported down near the intersection of New Hope Church Road and Indian Creek Lane.

Tennessee · 3 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
00:06	4 N Antioch	Davidson	ASOS station KBNA Nashville Intl Airport.
00:35	5 E Lawrenceburg	Lawrence	AWOS station K2M2 5 E Lawrenceburg.
00:35	2 S Lebanon	Wilson	AWOS station KM54 1 SSE Lebanon.

Louisiana · 2 reports

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
13:05	FARMERVILLE ARPT	UNION	Tree downed at the intersection of Highway 2 and Skyline Drive.
14:10	PULPWOOD	CALDWELL	A large tree limb fell onto a house on Rushing Street just south of Columbia.

Virginia · 1 report

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
20:35	BOYDS STORE	HALIFAX	Thunderstorm winds blew down about 8 trees near intersection of Alton Post Office Road and Dawson Trail.

Kentucky · 1 report

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
03:40	EAGLE STATION	CARROLL	Several trees were downed and a couple of sheds were damaged.

West Virginia · 1 report

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
15:11	EDMOND	FAYETTE	Trees and power lines were blown down along Pine Grove School Road in the Edmond community.

Texas · 1 report

Time	Location	County	Observer comment
15:52	WOODS	PANOLA	Tree downed on FM Road 699 near the Antioch community southeast of Carthage.

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