Hail in Carthage · May 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Carthage 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Carthage saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where May 8, 2026 sits in Carthage's hail record.
This was Carthage's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the May 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Carthage at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Carthage: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Kosciusko (11 miles north, up to 0"); Sallis (14 miles northwest, up to 1"); Goodman (19 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Carthage 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Carthage. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Carthage 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
Carthage hail history
Other storms in Carthage.
Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
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