“This EF0 tornado developed over downtown Magee just north of the Magee General Hospital and tracked southeastward crossing from 1st St to 5th St between 4th Ave and 12t (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Magee · Apr 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" 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.
Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Magee 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
- 59 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Magee 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 24, 2026 sits in Magee's hail record.
This was Magee's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 105 days after the Jan 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Magee at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Magee: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 85 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Mendenhall (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Mize (12 miles east, up to 1.75"); Braxton (14 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Magee 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Magee 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
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 939 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 939 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 $197 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jan 9, 2026
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