San Antonio hail storm called costliest in Texas history with nearly $1.4 billion in losses

A car damaged by hail is in a parking lot of the H-E-B plus! at Bandera and Loop 1604 after a storm swept through the area last night. A car damaged by hail is in a parking lot of the H-E-B plus! at Bandera and Loop 1604 after a storm swept through the area last night. Photo: John Davenport, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Photo: John Davenport, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 51 Caption Close San Antonio hail storm called costliest in Texas history with nearly $1.4 billion in losses 1 / 51 Back to Gallery

Last week’s hail storm in the San Antonio area produced nearly $1.4 billion in estimated insured losses, making it the costliest hail storm in the state’s history.

The figure surpasses the $1.1 billion in estimated damaged caused by the hail storm that struck Fort Worth on May 5, 1995, the Insurance Council of Texas reported Wednesday. But if adjusted for inflation, the 1995 storm would remain the most costly with more than $1.6 billion of damage in today’s dollars.

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Insured losses to automobiles from the April 12 storm are expected to reach $560 million, while damage to homes is expected to approach $800 million, the insurance trade association added. More than 110,000 vehicles were damaged, and thousands of homes suffered roof damage.

“The storm primarily struck the northwestern portion of Bexar County moving around northern areas of San Antonio with large hail that was shaped like jagged rocks,” Robert Crosby, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio, said in a statement. Some hail was 4½ inches in diameter, according to the National Weather Service.

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Uninsured loses from homeowners without residential property and insurance and vehicle owners without comprehensive coverage also were expected to be high, the trade association said.

The insured loss estimates were taken from company-projected losses.

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