Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature579
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3 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
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.
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.
This was Braxton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 48 days after the Mar 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 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: Florence (9 miles west, up to 2"); Mendenhall (16 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Harrisville (16 miles southwest, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Braxton's Apr 24, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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
Hail was reported over 14 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Merit — beyond Braxton itself.
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
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Potential roof exposure — 579 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Braxton storm history — this Apr 24, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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4 recorded storm days in Braxton, MS
