Hail in New Madrid · May 29, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over New Madrid that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm New Madrid 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 New Madrid saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 29, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over New Madrid, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 29, 2026 sits in New Madrid's hail record.
This was New Madrid's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Madrid at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Madrid: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 15 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Halls (49 miles south, up to 0.75"); Alamo (58 miles south, up to 0.5"); Bells (66 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 New Madrid 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.
For this storm over New Madrid, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for New Madrid 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
New Madrid hail history
Other storms in New Madrid.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 16, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 7, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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