Hail in New Site · Apr 28, 2026
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm New Site 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /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 New Site 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.
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 New Site's hail record.
This was New Site's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Site at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Site: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 98 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Dennis (6 miles east, up to 1.25"); Booneville (9 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Belmont (11 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 New Site 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.
For this storm over New Site, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for New Site 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.
Potential roof exposure
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 98 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 $21 on top of the $150 plan.
New Site hail history
Other storms in New Site.
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Apr 27, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 7, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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