Hail in Meridian Jul 30, 2026
Hit 4 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature8
0
none filedThe 11th most severe storm Meridian has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 19 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Meridian saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Where Jul 30, 2026 sits in Meridian's hail record
This was Meridian's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jul 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Meridian at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Meridian: the same system put hail over 432 other tracked cities, 12 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Butler (27 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Vossburg (28 miles south, up to 1.75"); Lisman (30 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Meridian's Jul 30, 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.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Meridian. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.75" hail means for Meridian roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$96K
Potential roof exposure — 8 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Meridian on the live map
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14 recorded storm days in Meridian, MS
Other storms in Meridian
Jul 31, 2026
1"
Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Jul 13, 2026
0.75"
Jul 5, 2026
2.25"
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jun 12, 2026
0.5"
May 10, 2026
2.5"
May 6, 2026
1"
Apr 29, 2026
0.75"
Apr 28, 2026
1.5"
Apr 24, 2026
1"
Mar 31, 2026
0.75"
Jan 9, 2026