Hail in West Plains · Mar 4, 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 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm West Plains 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 West Plains saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Mar 4, 2026 sits in West Plains's hail record.
This was West Plains's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Plains at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Plains: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 74 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Salem (24 miles south, up to 1.75"); Bakersfield (24 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Gepp (28 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 West Plains 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 West Plains. 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" hail means for West Plains 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
West Plains hail history
Other storms in West Plains.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
4"
NEXRAD surface Apr 17, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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