Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature625
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1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
This was Oak Vale's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Oak Vale at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Oak Vale: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 85 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Carson (6 miles east, up to 2.5"); Prentiss (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Silver Creek (7 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Oak Vale's Apr 24, 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.
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.
“This EF1 tornado began near the eastern end of Mapp Turner Rd and tracked across Lily Rose Rd... downing large tree limbs. It crossed MS Hwy 13 near the intersection wi (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Progress — beyond Oak Vale itself.
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$7.5M
Potential roof exposure — 625 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Oak Vale storm history — this Apr 24, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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6 recorded storm days in Oak Vale, MS
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jul 1, 2026
1.25"
Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
May 6, 2026
4"
Mar 15, 2026