Hail in Aberdeen · Feb 26, 2026
Convective day · Feb 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Aberdeen 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
- 14 /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 Aberdeen 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.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
The storm in context
Where Feb 26, 2026 sits in Aberdeen's hail record.
This was Aberdeen's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Aberdeen at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Feb 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Aberdeen: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 45 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Hamilton (6 miles east, up to 1.75"); Columbus (9 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Amory (14 miles north, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen 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
$48K
Potential roof exposure — 4 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
February 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 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 $1 on top of the $150 plan.
Aberdeen hail history
Other storms in Aberdeen.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Apr 27, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 9, 2026
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