NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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
This was Braxton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 48 days after the Mar 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Braxton at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Braxton: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 85 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Brandon (9 miles northeast, up to 2"); Mendenhall (12 miles east, up to 1.75"); Florence (14 miles northwest, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Braxton 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
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.
“This EF1 tornado began along Holly Grove Cir and tracked eastward across Harrisville Braxton Rd before lifting. Along the path... multiple trees were uprooted and large (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“This EF1 tornado developed near the Strong River and crossed MS Hwy 43 before lifting. Multiple trees were uprooted along the path. Max wind speed 87 mph. Path length 1 (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“This EF1 tornado began east of MS Hwy 13 in the Boggan Ridge area... tracking east southeastward across Main St... D and C Farm Dr... Macedonia... Rd... and Lee Boggan (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 14 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Merit — beyond Braxton itself.
High damage potential
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
Potential roof exposure
$6.9M
Potential roof exposure — 579 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 579 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $122 on top of the $150 plan.
Braxton hail history
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