Hail in East Prairie · Mar 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm East Prairie 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
- 0 /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 East Prairie 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.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in East Prairie's hail record.
This was East Prairie's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 12th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over East Prairie at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than East Prairie: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 59 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Charleston (14 miles north, up to 0"); Clinton (25 miles east, up to 0.75"); Portageville (28 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 East Prairie 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over East Prairie. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for East Prairie 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
East Prairie hail history
Other storms in East Prairie.
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Jun 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 16, 2026
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