Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Sunday, April 26, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 19 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Sunday, April 26, 2026, between 12:30 am and 1:59 am CDT, in 3 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 4 WSW Cockrell Hill (Dallas County) at 12:51 am. NOAA radar flagged 711 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 314 rated a 100% chance of hail and 460 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 13 places in Dallas, Ellis and Tarrant counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Cockrell Hill 4 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Duncanville 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Pantego 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Richland Hills 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Arlington 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Blue Mound 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Dalworthington Gar 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Fort Worth 1 report, up to 2.75 in
- Grand Prairie 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Haltom City 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Kennedale 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Oak Leaf 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Sansom Park 1 report, up to 1.75 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 am | 1.75 | 3 S Blue Mound | Tarrant | Emailed photo. (FWD) |
| 12:35 am | 2.75 | 3 NNW Fort Worth | Tarrant | Social media photo. Time estimated. (FWD) |
| 12:36 am | 1.00 | Grand Prairie | Dallas | (FWD) |
| 12:39 am | 1.00 | 2 NW Haltom City | Tarrant | NWS Fort Worth Office. (FWD) |
| 12:46 am | 1.75 | 3 E Sansom Park | Tarrant | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 12:46 am | 1.00 | 1 W Richland Hills | Tarrant | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 12:51 am | 3.00 | 4 WSW Cockrell Hill | Dallas | Delayed report. Facebook photo shows large hail estimated to be up to 3 inches in diameter around Dallas Baptist University. Windows of cars were blown out. Time estima (FWD) |
| 12:55 am | 1.00 | 2 N Duncanville | Dallas | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 12:56 am | 1.00 | 2 N Duncanville | Dallas | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 12:56 am | 2.50 | 4 WSW Cockrell Hill | Dallas | (FWD) |
| 12:56 am | 1.25 | 1 W Cockrell Hill | Dallas | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 12:56 am | 1.00 | 3 SE Richland Hills | Tarrant | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 12:58 am | 2.00 | 3 N Kennedale | Tarrant | Delayed report. Received a photo of 2 inch hail near Lake Arlington. Time estimated by radar. (FWD) |
| 12:59 am | 1.75 | 2 W Pantego | Tarrant | Spotter network report. (FWD) |
| 1:02 am | 1.00 | 1 W Dalworthington Gar | Tarrant | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 1:02 am | 1.00 | 3 NNE Pantego | Tarrant | (FWD) |
| 1:06 am | 1.00 | 2 SSW Arlington | Tarrant | (FWD) |
| 1:26 am | 1.50 | 1 S Cockrell Hill | Dallas | (FWD) |
| 1:59 am | 1.00 | Oak Leaf | Ellis | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
711 signatures from 7 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 314 were rated 100% and 161 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDAL | 235 | 85 | 133 | 47 | 3.25 in | 12:01 am | 7:02 pm |
| KDFW | 183 | 22 | 120 | 6 | 2.50 in | 12:02 am | 2:56 am |
| KGRK | 94 | 86 | 82 | 27 | 3.50 in | 12:00 am | 2:57 am |
| KFWS | 92 | 55 | 62 | 33 | 4.00 in | 12:00 am | 7:34 am |
| KDYX | 78 | 59 | 56 | 41 | 4.00 in | 12:02 am | 1:55 am |
| KFDR | 26 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3.75 in | 12:00 am | 1:58 am |
| KTLX | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 1:49 am | 2:08 am |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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