Hail in Mountain Grove · Mar 15, 2026
Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Mountain Grove 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /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 Mountain Grove saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Mountain Grove's hail record.
This was Mountain Grove's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mountain Grove at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mountain Grove: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 59 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Norwood (7 miles southwest, up to 1"); Cabool (15 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Willow Springs (22 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Mountain Grove 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 Mountain Grove. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Mountain Grove roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$708K
Potential roof exposure — 59 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $12 on top of the $150 plan.
Mountain Grove hail history
Other storms in Mountain Grove.
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
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