Taylor County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 13, 2026
Taylor County, Texas has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 1 tornado report among 60 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 44 hail reports with hail up to 2.75" and 15 high-wind reports with gusts up to 76 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Taylor County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Taylor County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Taylor County
Recent storms — full detail available in the app
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →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.
Saturday, August 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 500 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Happy Valley, moving southwest 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... Blackwell, Hylton, Fort Chadbourne, Wingate, Happy Valley, Drasco, Pumphrey, Shep, Wilmeth, and Oak Creek Reservoir.”
“At 410 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Buffalo Gap, moving southwest at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Tuscola, Buffalo Gap, Lake Abilene, and Camp Tonkawa.”
- Wind 50 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 5, 2026
4 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 76 mph
“City of Abilene EM reported many trees and power lines down and there is currently 21...000 people are without power in the city. (SJT)”
“Delayed report. Social media photo of significant damage to a small brick building in Trent... TX. Timing estimated from radar. (SJT)”
- Wind 76 mph 3 ESE Impact SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Abilene SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Trent SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 N Merkel SPC verified report
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1.25"
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (SJT)”
- Hail 1.25" 5 E View SPC verified report
Thursday, June 18, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 943 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a very slow moving strong thunderstorm near Coronados Camp, moving east at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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... Coronados Camp, Happy Valley, Camp Butman, and Shep.”
“At 842 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a rapidly developing strong thunderstorm near Shep, or near Happy Valley, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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...”
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 619 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Novice, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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 532 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms from just west of Abilene to west of Ballinger, moving northeast at 30 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...”
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, May 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 638 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tye, moving southeast at 20 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...”
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 214 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wastella to Hylton to near Ballinger Lake. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“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.”
- Wind 50 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 24, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 309 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a band of strong thunderstorms and an outflow boundary ahead of the storms, moving southeast at 35 mph. The outflow boundary, marking the strongest winds of 45 to 50 mph, extended from just south of Putnam to Goldsboro. The band of storms extended from just south of Woodson to Albany to the eastern part of the Abilene area.”
“At 244 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking the leading edge of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Woodson to near Moran to Potosi. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. An outflow boundary just ahead of the storms has been resulting in wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size to half inch hail.”
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 923 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lake Fort Phantom Hill, or near Hawley, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1152 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Nolan, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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... Nolan, Coronados Camp, and Camp Butman.”
“At 1128 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near The Intersection Of Highway 70 And Ranch Road 53, or near Nolan, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 155 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Us-180 Near The Fisher- Scurry County Line, or 8 miles south of Hobbs, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 18, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", 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 248 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms over the southern Big Country from Sweetwater to Abilene to Albany. The storms were moving east at 35 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...”
- Wind 50 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 458 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Hamby, moving northeast at 35 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...”
“At 432 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dyess Afb, moving northeast at 25 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...”
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 11, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 544 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Winters, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail along with frequent lightning. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 425 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Winters, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail, along with frequent lightning. 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" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 3, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Buffalo Gap, moving northeast at 40 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... Abilene, Clyde, Buffalo Gap, Eula, Potosi, View, Caps, Hamby, and Kirby Lake.”
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1102 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Baird, moving northeast at 40 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Taylor 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 Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Taylor 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 Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Callahan, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Nolan, Shackelford, Taylor, and Throckmorton Counties. WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 2.75", 1 tornado report
“Media reported baseball size hail over Buffalo Gap. (SJT)”
“At 409 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Happy Valley, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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...”
- Tornado Tornado Potosi SPC verified report
- Hail 2.75" Buffalo Gap SPC verified report
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 1" 2 NNE Abilene SPC verified report
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 7, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1254 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Mccarty Lake, or 10 miles east of Nugent, moving east at 30 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...”
“At 617 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Merkel to near Maverick to 9 miles southwest of Mertzon. Movement was northeast at 45 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. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, February 14, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 419 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near The Intersection Of Highway 70 And Ranch Road 53, or near Nolan, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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...”
“At 621 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Trent, moving northeast at 55 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. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Merkel and Trent around 625 AM CST. Hawley around 640 AM CST.”
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, January 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 553 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over northeastern Abilene, moving northeast at 55 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, November 23, 2025
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 803 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over The Intersection Of Highway 158 And Ranch Road 2059, or near E.V. Spence Reservoir Near Paint Creek Recreation Area, moving east at 25 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.”
“At 933 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lawn, moving east at 40 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. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, November 20, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 505 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Rotan to near Silver. Movement was east at 25 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 of storms will create hazardous driving conditions due to lowered visibilities.”
- Wind 55 mph Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 648 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dyess Afb, 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...”
“At 526 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tye, moving east at 10 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...”
- Hail 0.88" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Taylor County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Taylor County, TX?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 60 severe weather events in Taylor 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 Taylor County recently?
Yes — 44 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 2.75" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in Taylor County?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property, including the most recent 30 days — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.