Sterling County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Nov 1, 2026
Has it hailed in Sterling County, Texas recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 24 hail reports with hail up to 0.88", among 34 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 10 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was on Sep 30, 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Sterling County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Sterling County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
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Storm log — the official record, day by day
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.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 855 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 18 miles east of Stiles, or 23 miles northeast of Big Lake, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, September 26, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 913 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles southeast of Forsan, moving southeast at 25 mph. Strong winds from this storm will spread southeast across Sterling and into northern Irion County. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 906 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms across Mitchell County, moving east at 45 mph. Strong winds will spread east well ahead of the storms. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, August 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 340 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23 miles west of Arden, moving south at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Sterling, western Tom Green and northwestern Irion Counties.”
- Wind 50 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 19, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 659 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sterling City, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Sterling City and Broome.”
“At 635 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sterling City, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Sterling City and Broome.”
- Hail 0.25" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 18, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 746 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Broome, moving north at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 725 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Silver, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Silver.”
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 5, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“A semi truck and RV trailer was blown over Highway 163. (SJT)”
- Wind Unknown 5 SSW Sterling City SPC verified report
Friday, June 5, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 917 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 15 miles northwest of Arden to 8 miles north of Us-190 Near The Crockett- Sutton County Line to near Ozona. Movement was northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.5" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 119 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of The Intersection Of Highway 158 And Ranch Road 2059 to near Grape Creek to Tankersley to 9 miles south of The Intersection Of Ranch Road 2083 And Highway 405. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.”
“At 1248 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles southeast of Coahoma to near Sterling City to near Broome. Movement was northeast at 15 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 hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.5" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 740 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles southwest of Us-87 Near The Coke- Tom Green County Line, or 11 miles south of Broome, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23 miles west of Arden, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 326 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm in northwestern Irion County, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Arden.”
- Hail 0.88" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 18, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...North winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...A portion of west central Texas. WHEN...Until 1 PM CDT this afternoon. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“At 511 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sterling City, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Robert Lee, Sterling City, Silver, Broome, Sanco, Champion, E.V.”
- Wind 50 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...A portion of west central Texas. WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. WHERE...All of west central Texas. WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 1 AM CDT Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 55 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 14, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. WHERE...All of West Central Texas. WHEN...From 11 AM Sunday to 1 AM CDT Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon to 9 PM CDT Sunday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.”
- Wind 55 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, February 14, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 346 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Silver, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Silver around 350 AM CST. Maryneal around 405 AM CST.”
“At 301 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles west of Sterling City, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Broome.”
- Hail 0.88" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, November 23, 2025
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1120 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 21 miles east of Stiles, or 25 miles northeast of Big Lake, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 727 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southwest of Sterling City, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Sterling City and Broome.”
- Hail 0.88" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, November 20, 2025
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 501 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms along a line extending from Silver to near Mertzon. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. In addition, blowing dust along and behind the line will create hazardous driving conditions due to lowered visibilities.”
“At 359 PM CST, a gust front was moving east into far western parts of West Central Texas. The gust fronn was moving rapidly east at 45 mph. Strong, gusty west winds will follow passage of this gust front. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sterling County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Sterling County, TX?
The most recent recorded event was on Sep 30, 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 34 severe weather events in Sterling County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in Sterling County recently?
Yes — 24 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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