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Sun Valley, TX hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Sun Valley city centroid, 1950 to present.

147hail events since 1950
99≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2020-04-24
2024-05-22most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 1 0.88" (nickel)
2022 0
2021 1 0.75" (penny)
2020 8 2.75" (baseball)
2019 10 2.75" (baseball)
2018 4 1.00" (quarter)
2017 8 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 1 0.75" (penny)
2014 0
2013 2 0.88" (nickel)
2012 2 0.88" (nickel)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-05-20 Tornado EF0 8.9 mi
2025-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.5 mi
2025-03-04 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 6.5 mi
2025-03-04 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 4 mi
2024-05-22 Hail 1.00" 2.9 mi
2024-05-22 Hail 1.75" 5.3 mi
2024-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.1 mi
2023-07-03 Thunderstorm Wind 49 mph 7.5 mi
2023-05-06 Hail 0.88" 1.9 mi
2021-04-09 Hail 0.75" 6.6 mi

2025-05-20: “A very brief tornado damaged some trees along CR 43200 east of Powderly. The tornado was rated EF-0 with maximum 80 mph winds.”

2025-05-17: “Numerous trees were down from the Novice community northeastward into Red River County.”

2025-03-04: “The Paris News reported and satellite imagery showed an unoccupied mobile home was rolled a couple times but remained mostly intact.”

Disputing a claim at a Sun Valley address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12