Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 13, 2026
Has it hailed in Hardin County, Texas recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 12 hail reports with hail up to 0.75", among 19 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 7 high-wind reports with gusts up to 70 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was on Jul 11, 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Hardin County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
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Check an address free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 103 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Caney Head, or 7 miles southeast of Fred, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Silsbee, Kirbyville, Call, Evadale, Fred, Buna, Caney Head, Trout Creek, Magnolia Springs, Old Salem, Mt.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 454 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Thicket, moving west at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Saratoga, Thicket, and Votaw.”
“At 803 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Pine Island to near Leblanc to near De Quincy to Lakeview. Movement was south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 354 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles south of Alabama-Coushatta Reservation to near Devers to 8 miles southeast of Galveston State Park. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 616 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Votaw, or near Thicket, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Warren, Thicket, and Votaw.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 645 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sour Lake, moving southeast at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Beaumont, Lumberton, Sour Lake, Bevil Oaks, and China.”
“At 737 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sour Lake, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Beaumont, Sour Lake, Nome, and China.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 701 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Village Mills, or near Wildwood, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 840 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Buna to near China to near Beach City. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 126 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Nome, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Beaumont, Sour Lake, Nome, Bevil Oaks, China, and Fannett. This includes Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 849 and 834.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 640 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Browndell to near Spurger to near Thicket. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
3 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 70 mph
“At KFDM mesonet lumberton middle school. (LCH)”
“VFD reports tree on a home and downed powerlines. Exact location not known... time estimated by radar. (LCH)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1244 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Silsbee, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 842 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Batson, or 9 miles southwest of Saratoga, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Half inch hail. Impact: Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Saratoga, Batson, and Honey Island.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Wildwood, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Kountze, Wildwood, Village Mills, and Honey Island.”
The most recent recorded event was on Jul 11, 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 19 severe weather events in Hardin County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 12 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.75" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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