“Photo of quarter size hail on the north side of Booneville. (MEG)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Booneville · Feb 26, 2026
Convective day · Feb 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Booneville 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Booneville saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Feb 26, 2026 sits in Booneville's hail record.
This was Booneville's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Booneville at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Booneville: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 45 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Tishomingo (11 miles east, up to 1.75"); Baldwyn (11 miles west, up to 1"); Dennis (13 miles southeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Booneville 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Thrashers — beyond Booneville itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Booneville 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.
Potential roof exposure
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 947 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 947 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 $199 on top of the $150 plan.
Booneville hail history
Other storms in Booneville.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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