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May 28, 2025: The Hail Reports That Name Cedar Park
What was reported, by whom, and how much weight a report can carry when the question is one particular roof.
The Reports
| Report | Size | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Storm Prediction Center, relayed by the NWS Austin/San Antonio office | 1.00 inch | “Amateur radio reports quarter sized hail at Park Street and U.S. 183.” Logged at 23:06 UTC on May 28, 2025, which is 6:06 PM Central Daylight Time, 1 mile east-southeast of Cedar Park. |
| Public report, 0.7 mile from the city center | 1.5 inches | “Multiple photos of 1.5 inch hail on social media.” |
| Public report, 2.1 miles | 1.5 inches | “Photo with ruler of 1.5 inch hail.” |
| Public report, 3.0 miles | 1.75 inches | A photo of golf ball size hail on social media. |
| Public report, 1.2 miles | 2.0 inches | “Nickel to chicken egg size hail for 20 minutes.” |
First row: NOAA Storm Prediction Center report as republished by HailDrive. Other rows: StormerSite's report log for Cedar Park, which compiles Storm Prediction Center, weather service and public reports. Both read October 5, 2026. The federal Storm Events database was not consulted directly.
The same storm system produced larger hail in Austin that evening. News coverage described baseball-size stones, damage at the Texas Capitol and tens of thousands of customers without power. Those figures are Austin's, not Cedar Park's.
How to Read a Hail Report
- It is one observation. Someone measured or estimated a stone at one location. Hail swaths are narrow and uneven. A street a mile away can get nothing.
- Sizes are often estimates. “Quarter” and “golf ball” are comparisons. The report with a ruler in the photo is the most reliable of the set.
- Duration matters. Twenty minutes of hail does more than two minutes of the same size.
- Wind matters. Hail driven sideways hits siding, window screens and the windward roof slope harder.
One inch is the size at which the weather service classes hail as severe. Roofers generally start looking for shingle bruising from about that size up, depending on the age of the roof.
Other Dated Events
| Date | What | Source |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2021 | Hail, 1.75 inches, two reports for Cedar Park | StormerSite report log |
| February 2021 | Extended hard freeze across Texas | Widely documented; no Cedar Park roof figures found |
| January 30 to February 3, 2023 | Ice storm that broke limbs across Williamson and Travis counties; live oak and Ashe juniper among the worst hit | Texas A&M Forest Service damage assessment |
| May 27, 1997 | F3 tornado through the city's downtown area | Wikipedia, Cedar Park article |
The much larger hailstorm of September 24, 2023 was centered on other parts of Williamson County, and no report from that day naming Cedar Park was read for this site, so it is not claimed here.
What to Do With This
If your roof was on before May 28, 2025 and has not been looked at since, it is reasonable to have it checked. That is all the reports can tell you.
What an inspection covers is on the storm damage inspection page.
This site does not file, negotiate, adjust or settle insurance claims, and nothing on this page is a statement about what any policy covers. Reporting deadlines and coverage are questions for your insurer or agent.
Roof Not Checked Since That Storm?
A local roofer can walk it and photograph what is there.
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