Hail in Pontotoc Mar 9, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pontotoc this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft2,896
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Pontotoc 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
- 69 /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 Pontotoc saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Pontotoc, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Mar 9, 2026 sits in Pontotoc's hail record
This was Pontotoc's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Feb 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pontotoc at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pontotoc: the same system put hail over 99 other tracked cities, 27 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Shannon (6 miles east, up to 2"); Okolona (9 miles southeast, up to 2"); Thaxton (22 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Pontotoc's Mar 9, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Pontotoc. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.75" hail means for Pontotoc 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.
$35M
Potential roof exposure — 2,896 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Pontotoc on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Pontotoc, MS
Other storms in Pontotoc
Jul 31, 2026
1.75"
Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jul 3, 2026
1.25"
Mar 15, 2026
1.75"
Feb 26, 2026
1"