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Hail in Baldwyn · Jul 18, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Baldwyn that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 13
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jul 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 1.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.3 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
23 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Baldwyn saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 18, 2026 · Baldwyn, 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 Baldwyn, MS on Jul 18, 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 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Baldwyn, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 18, 2026 sits in Baldwyn's hail record.

This was Baldwyn's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Baldwyn at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Baldwyn: the same system put hail over 377 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Corinth (21 miles north, up to 0.5"); Glen (27 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Iuka (35 miles northeast, up to 0.5").

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

No 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Baldwyn. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Baldwyn 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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

13 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$156K

Potential roof exposure — 13 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $3 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 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 →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Baldwyn, MS on Feb 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Baldwyn / MS

Feb 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" 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.