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Hail in Mount Olive · Apr 26, 2026

NEXRAD logged 6 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 694
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 5th most severe storm Mount Olive has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.5 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
57 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Mount Olive saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 26, 2026 · Mount Olive, MS

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Mount Olive, MS on Apr 26, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0.75" Detections 6
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mount Olive, MS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Mount Olive's hail record.

This was Mount Olive's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mount Olive at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mount Olive: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 23 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Prentiss (6 miles west, up to 0.75"); Magee (14 miles north, up to 0.75"); Carson (15 miles southwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Mount Olive 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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 Mount Olive. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Mount Olive roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

694 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$8.3M

Potential roof exposure — 694 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
3 jobs
Illustrative work
~$45K

Close just 0.5% of the 694 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 $146 on top of the $150 plan.

Mount Olive hail history

10 recorded storm days in Mount Olive, MS

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 21, 2026.