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Hail in Aberdeen · Mar 9, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Aberdeen that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 8,385
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Mar 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Aberdeen has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.7 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

5.7 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
78 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Aberdeen saw the hail — from two instruments

Mar 9, 2026 · Aberdeen, MS

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Mar 9, 2026 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.

Max size 2"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Aberdeen, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Mar 9, 2026 sits in Aberdeen's hail record.

This was Aberdeen's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Feb 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Aberdeen at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Mar 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Aberdeen: the same system put hail over 99 other tracked cities, 27 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Columbus (9 miles southeast, up to 2"); West Point (12 miles west, up to 0.75"); Amory (14 miles north, up to 1.25").

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

3 reports filed with the NWS

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.

Hail reports

3 reports
Hail size 1"
4 NNW New Wren Monroe County

“Motorist reports having to pull off the highway near Central Grove road due to quarter sized hail falling. (MEG)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
New Wren Monroe County

“(MEG)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Amory Monroe County

“(MEG)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from New Wren and Amory — beyond Aberdeen itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Aberdeen roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

8,385 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$101M

Potential roof exposure — 8,385 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
42 jobs
Illustrative work
~$630K

Close just 0.5% of the 8,385 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

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 $1,761 on top of the $150 plan.

Aberdeen hail history

13 recorded storm days in Aberdeen, MS
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Sep 12, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Sep 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Sep 3, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Aug 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Aug 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Aug 9, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Aug 8, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Jul 1, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Apr 28, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Aberdeen, MS on Apr 27, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Apr 27, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Aberdeen, MS on Feb 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Aberdeen / MS

Feb 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 13, 2026.