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Hail in Kosciusko · Apr 28, 2026
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Kosciusko 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Kosciusko 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 Apr 28, 2026 sits in Kosciusko's hail record.
This was Kosciusko's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kosciusko at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kosciusko: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 98 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Carthage (11 miles south, up to 1.75"); Ethel (11 miles north, up to 1.75"); West (11 miles north, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Kosciusko 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 Zama — beyond Kosciusko itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Kosciusko roofs.
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
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 92 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $19 on top of the $150 plan.
Kosciusko hail history
Other storms in Kosciusko.
Aug 20, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
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