Hail Reports in Tyler, Texas — Last 90 Days

Hail is a recurring, budgetable risk in Tyler — roughly 6 hail-producing storms in a typical year. The 90-day log below shows where the most recent activity landed relative to town, so you can judge whether your street was in a hail path.

Tyler's Storm-Climate Context

Tyler sits in the Piney Woods of East Texas where Gulf moisture is abundant and severe weather season runs from February through June. The city averages 6 hail days annually and is positioned in a zone that frequently receives storm systems that have organized over open water before reaching land — these mature cells often deliver larger hailstones and more destructive wind than their inland-forming counterparts.

Tyler is known as the Rose Capital of America and has a strong healthcare economy centered on UT Health Tyler, providing stable middle and upper-class homeownership that supports above-average roofing material choices. The East Texas Piney Woods setting means tree impact is a secondary roof damage factor, and many local contractors also offer tree removal partnerships following storm events.

Hail Events Near Tyler by Date

July 7, 2026 — 1 report, hail up to 1.50″ (ping-pong-ball size) Largest in 90 days

July 6, 2026 — 1 report, hail up to 1.00″ (quarter size)

July 5, 2026 — 2 reports, hail up to 1.00″ (quarter size)

Preliminary Local Storm Reports from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Sizes are reported hailstone diameters; times are UTC. Reports can be added or corrected for about a day after each event. A quiet page section ≠ no hail — smaller or unreported events happen. The closest report in this window landed 2.5 miles from Tyler's center.

Circle positions are the NOAA SPC report coordinates; tap a circle for the date and hail size.

Hail size: < 1″ 1–1.75″ ≥ 2″ not recorded

How Severe Was It? The NWS Yardstick, Applied to Tyler's Reports

The National Weather Service calls hail severe at 1″ (quarter size) and significant at 2″ (hen-egg size). Scoring the 4 Tyler-area reports (filed in Smith County) against that scale: 4 of them met the severe 1″+ criterion — the size at which asphalt shingles start taking granule loss and bruising that shows up as leaks a season later. Damage at these sizes is rarely visible from the ground but is typically covered by homeowners insurance when documented promptly.

What to Do If Your Roof Was in the Hail Path

1. Stay off the roof and read your yard instead. Granule piles at the downspouts, dings in gutters and window screens, shredded leaves — after the July 7, 2026 activity near Tyler, those ground-level proxies tell you whether the roof took a hit.
2. Build the paper trail before anyone touches anything. Dated photos of the damage, a hailstone next to a coin if one is still around, and this NOAA log tying the loss to a specific Tyler storm day are what the adjuster will ask for.
3. Expect door-knockers — and slow down. In a hail market like Tyler, out-of-town crews canvass neighborhoods within days of an event. Do not sign a contract or an Assignment of Benefits on the doorstep; get a written inspection scope from a roofer you chose first.
4. File on your policy's clock, not the salesman's. Sudden storm damage is generally covered for Texas homeowners, and your filing window comes from the policy itself. File promptly while the dates above are fresh, but on your terms.
5. Have your contractor at the adjuster meeting. A written scope keeps the estimate honest. Step-by-step: the roof insurance claim guide.

Hail History in Tyler — the 10-Year Picture

The county behind Tyler has logged 99 hail events over the last decade — a pace of roughly 10 per year — with the most severe stone measured at 2.75″. Against that 10-year baseline, the 3 hail days in this 90-day window run above the long-term average rate. Tyler averages 6 hail-producing storms per year — check hail risk lookup for your address.

Compared to the Texas county median of 92 hail events over 10 years, Tyler's county runs 1.1× above average — an exposure level that pushes local insurers toward higher wind-and-hail premium tiers and makes impact-resistant shingles a cost-effective upgrade.

Tyler's County, Year by Year (NOAA Archive)

NOAA Storm Events archive, Tyler's county. Years with no row logged no hail events.

The county's busiest hail year in the archive was 2023 (24 recorded events), while the largest stone on record — 2.75″ — fell in 2024. If your roof predates 2023 and has never had a documented inspection, assume it has taken at least one unexamined hit.

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Hail in Tyler — Questions Homeowners Ask

Check Your Own ZIP in Tyler

The county-level history above averages over the whole area. For a score tied to your address, run your ZIP through the hail risk lookup — Tyler ZIP codes include 75701, 75702, 75703, 75704, 75708.

Tyler Neighborhoods — Hail Exposure Varies by Area

Hail paths track with storm cell movement, not city limits. If you're in North Tyler, South Tyler, Hollytree, Chapel Hill, Whitehouse or Bullard, check your specific street against the report locations above — distance from Tyler's center is listed for each report.

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