Hail Hit These DFW Cities on September 11
Storms on 11 September 2026 dropped hail across a wide stretch of North Texas — from south Arlington and Fort Worth through Ellis County, and north into Collin County. If your roof was under that path, damage is likely, even if you cannot see it from the ground.
Two separate rounds of severe weather moved through the Dallas–Fort Worth area that Thursday. The first hit south Arlington in the early afternoon. The second tracked through southwest Tarrant County and into Ellis County that evening. Storms also affected Collin County to the north.
Confirmed hail reports
These are reports logged with the National Weather Service by trained spotters — someone standing outside who measured a stone and called it in.
| Time | Size | Location | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 PM | 1.00" | 4 mi SSE of Arlington | Tarrant |
| 2:02 PM | 1.75" | 4 mi S of Arlington | Tarrant |
| 2:05 PM | 1.25" | 4 mi S of Arlington | Tarrant |
| 5:27 PM | 1.00" | 3 mi NNE of Maypearl | Ellis |
| 5:46 PM | 1.00" | 3 mi NE of Benbrook | Tarrant |
| 5:50 PM | 1.00" | 1 mi SE of Midlothian | Ellis |
Damaging straight-line winds were reported separately at Mansfield (three times), Grand Prairie and Quinlan. Wind alone can lift and crease shingles without producing a single dent.
Ground reports understate the storm. They only mark spots where someone happened to be outside with something to measure against. Radar covers the whole swath, and it showed hail over a far wider area than these six points suggest — which is why plenty of damaged roofs sit in neighborhoods with no report next to their name.
Every area in the storm path
Radar-indicated hail and storm damage extended across these communities on 11 September:
Tarrant County
- Arlington — 76001, 76002, 76017, 76018. The hardest hit, and the only place with confirmed stones above 1.5".
- Fort Worth — 76105, 76108, 76112, 76116, 76119, 76179. East, southeast and west Fort Worth all sat under the storm track.
- Benbrook — quarter-size hail confirmed at 5:46 PM.
- White Settlement — 76108, immediately west of the confirmed Benbrook report and under the same cell.
- Mansfield and Grand Prairie — damaging wind confirmed, between the two main hail cells.
Ellis County
- Midlothian — 76065, confirmed quarter-size hail at 5:50 PM.
- Maypearl — confirmed quarter-size hail at 5:27 PM.
Collin County
A separate area of storms affected southern Collin County, roughly forty miles north of the Tarrant County cells.
- Allen — 75002. The main affected area in this part of the Metroplex, covering a broad stretch of the city.
- Parker — 75002, on Allen's southern edge.
- Southeast Plano — 75074 only. The affected pocket sits on Plano's southeastern edge against the Murphy line. Western and central Plano were not in this storm path.
- Murphy — 75094, adjoining the same pocket.
No ground spotter report was filed anywhere in Collin County that day, so check your own roof rather than assuming you were missed — or that you were hit.
Arlington took the worst of it
All three afternoon reports came from roughly four miles south of downtown Arlington, in the 76017 and 76001 ZIP codes. The 1.75" stone recorded at 2:02 PM was the largest confirmed anywhere in North Texas that day — golf-ball size, and comfortably past the threshold where asphalt shingles start to fail.
Why one-inch hail matters more than it sounds
Quarter-size hail — one inch — is the point at which insurers and manufacturers alike start treating asphalt shingles as compromised. A stone that size hits at around 50 mph and bruises the mat beneath the granules.
The problem is that a fresh bruise often looks like nothing from the driveway. What you get instead is:
- Granule loss. Check the bottom of your downspouts for what looks like coarse black sand.
- Soft spots. Areas that give slightly underfoot, where the mat is cracked but the surface is not.
- Dents in soft metal. Gutters, vents, flashing, the garage door, an air-conditioner fin. These are the easiest confirmation from the ground.
- Split or cracked shingles. Especially near ridges and valleys, and especially on older roofs.
A bruised shingle usually keeps water out for a while. Then a season of Texas heat opens the crack, and the first leak shows up in a ceiling a year or two later — long after the claim window on the storm that caused it has closed.
What to do now
- Check your soft metal first. Gutters, downspouts, vents and the A/C unit dent before shingles show anything. If those are marked, your roof was hit.
- Photograph everything, with the date. Wide shots of each elevation, then close-ups of any damage.
- Find your policy and check the deadline. Most Texas policies limit how long after a storm you can file, and that clock started on 11 September. Do not assume you have unlimited time.
- Get the roof looked at before you call the carrier. Knowing whether there is real damage — and how much — puts you in a far stronger position than opening a claim blind.
- Be wary of anyone who knocks wanting a signature on the spot. Storm chasers follow these events. A legitimate contractor will inspect, document and leave you the report without pressure.
If the roof turns out to be sound, that is worth knowing too — a Roof Health Score gives you a dated record of its condition, which is exactly what a carrier asks for after the next storm. More on how we handle storm response →
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Confirmed report data: NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports for 11 September 2026; preliminary reports are spotter-submitted and may be revised. Wider storm-path areas are radar-indicated. This article is general information, not a coverage determination — your policy and your adjuster decide what is covered.
