A severe thunderstorm crossed northeast Bexar County late on the night of Friday, September 11, 2026. If you live in Converse, Live Oak, Universal City, Saint Hedwig, or the surrounding parts of northeast San Antonio, you may have seen it firsthand, or seen the pictures of broken windshields the next morning. This page collects what the official reports show, in one place, and answers the questions property owners in the hail path are asking now.
What the official reports show
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center's preliminary storm reports for September 11 list three hail reports in Bexar County, all in a roughly 20 minute window late that night:
- Near Converse, just before 10 PM: hail up to 2.5 inches, with numerous pictures showing hail in the 2 to 2.5 inch range and damage including broken windshields and car windows.
- Paloma Subdivision, around 10:10 PM: dime to golf ball size hail, up to 1.75 inches.
- Near Saint Hedwig, around 10:15 PM: hail of 1 inch.
All reports are preliminary, which is how the Storm Prediction Center publishes them before final review. For scale: 2.5 inch hail is between a tennis ball and a baseball, and nothing larger was reported anywhere else in the United States that day. The next largest reports nationally were 1.75 inches, in North Texas and Minnesota.
What hail this size does to property
The confirmed damage in the reports is to vehicles: windshields and windows. As a general matter, hail large enough to break a windshield is large enough to damage roofing, and roof damage is the part owners cannot see from the ground. Depending on the roof type and the angle of impact, hail in this size range can bruise or fracture composition shingles, crack tile, split shakes, and dent soft metals like vents, flashing, and gutters. Interior damage can follow later when a compromised roof takes on water in the next rain. None of that is a statement about any particular property. It is the reason a proper inspection matters after a storm like this one.
Official preliminary reports list hail up to 2.5 inches near Converse in northeast Bexar County, with golf ball size hail in the Paloma Subdivision and 1 inch hail near Saint Hedwig, all late that Friday night.
Based on the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary storm reports for September 11, 2026, yes. No larger hail was reported anywhere else in the country that day.
If your property was in the path
- Document early. Photos of the property and any visible damage, with dates. Broken glass, dented gutters, damaged window screens, and marks on fences all help establish what happened and when.
- Keep receipts for any temporary repairs you make to protect the property.
- Report the claim promptly to your insurance company, and keep copies of everything you send and receive.
- Get the roof inspected properly. Hail damage to a roof is often invisible from the ground and does not always show up as leaks right away.
Most Texas property policies include an appraisal clause, a built-in process for resolving disagreements about the AMOUNT of a loss without a lawsuit. Each side names an independent appraiser, the two appraisers select an umpire, and when any two of the three agree on a number, that number generally binds both sides as to the amount. If you want the plain language version of how it works, start with what insurance appraisal is. If your carrier has already invoked appraisal on your claim, our demand letter guide walks through what to do.
Where we come in
We serve as independent appraisers and umpires on hail losses across Texas, residential and commercial, including San Antonio and Bexar County. Hail claims are among the most commonly disputed property claims in Texas, and the disagreements are usually about scope and amount: how many slopes, repair versus replacement, and what it actually costs to put the property back. That is exactly the kind of dispute the appraisal clause exists to resolve. Our credentials page covers the background behind the work.
Last reviewed: September 16, 2026.