HailEvidence NWS storm records · per-address verification

HailEvidenceJoshua, TX → 2025-05-16

Did it hail in Joshua, TX on May 16, 2025?

Yes — NWS storm reports document 5 hail reports within 10 miles of Joshua, TX on May 16, 2025, with hail up to 2.75" (baseball size).

5hail reports ≤ 10 mi
2.75"largest hail · baseball

Every recorded report near Joshua on 2025-05-16

Distances are from the Joshua city centroid. Times as recorded by the source (SPC reports are UTC). Showing the nearest 5.

DistanceTypeSize / speedTimeReported nearSource
0.2 mi Hail 2.75" (baseball) 17:45 local JOHNSON, JOHNSON Storm Events · final
5.3 mi Hail 1.20" (quarter) 17:49 local JOHNSON, JOHNSON Storm Events · final
5.6 mi Hail 1.75" (golf ball) 17:50 local JOHNSON, JOHNSON Storm Events · final
7.6 mi Hail 1.25" (half dollar) 17:27 local JOHNSON, JOHNSON Storm Events · final
9 mi Hail 2.50" (tennis ball) 17:16 local JOHNSON, JOHNSON Storm Events · final

0.2 mi, hail: “A Facebook video showed golf ball to baseball size hail near Joshua.”

5.3 mi, hail: “Emergency manager reported 1.2 inch hail south of Burleson.”

7.6 mi, hail: “Multiple reports of quarter to half dollar hail.”

9 mi, hail: “A trained spotter reported 2 to 2.5 inch hail in Godley.”

Was your property hit on 2025-05-16?

City-level reports won't settle a claim dispute — the question is what was recorded near your address. The verification report lists every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles of a specific address, with this date highlighted as a plain-English finding, formatted for an insurance appeal.

Verify your address — $29 Joshua hail history
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.

sources: NOAA NCEI page updated 2026-06-12