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Hail in Baldwyn · Feb 26, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 858
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Feb 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Baldwyn has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.2 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
59 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Baldwyn saw the hail — from two instruments

Feb 26, 2026 · Baldwyn, MS

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Baldwyn, MS on Feb 26, 2026 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.

Max size 1" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Feb 26, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Feb 26, 2026 sits in Baldwyn's hail record.

This was Baldwyn's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Baldwyn at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Feb 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Baldwyn: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 45 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Ripley (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Booneville (11 miles east, up to 1"); New Albany (20 miles southwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Baldwyn 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

1 report 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

1 report
Hail size 1.75"
Dumas Tippah County

“Report of golf ball size hall in Dumas. (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 Dumas — beyond Baldwyn itself.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Baldwyn roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

858 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$10M

Potential roof exposure — 858 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K

Close just 0.5% of the 858 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

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 $180 on top of the $150 plan.

Baldwyn hail history

13 recorded storm days in Baldwyn, MS
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Sep 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Sep 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Sep 6, 2026

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

Aug 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Aug 17, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Jul 29, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Jul 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Jul 18, 2026

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

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Jul 3, 2026

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

Jun 1, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Apr 28, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Mar 15, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
1 ground report 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 12, 2026.