Hail in Saint Stephens · May 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Saint Stephens that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Saint Stephens has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Saint Stephens saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Saint Stephens, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Saint Stephens's hail record.
This was Saint Stephens's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Saint Stephens at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Saint Stephens: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities. Nearest: Richton (58 miles west, up to 0.5"); Ellisville (65 miles west, up to 1"); Louin (84 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Saint Stephens storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Saint Stephens. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Saint Stephens roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Saint Stephens hail history
Other storms in Saint Stephens.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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