Hail in Poplarville · May 7, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Poplarville 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
- 0 /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 Poplarville 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 7, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 7, 2026 sits in Poplarville's hail record.
This was Poplarville's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Apr 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Poplarville at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Poplarville: the same system put hail over 48 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Perkinston (46 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Beaumont (48 miles east, up to 0.75"); Vancleave (63 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Poplarville 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Poplarville. 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Poplarville 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
Poplarville hail history
Other storms in Poplarville.
Estimated-size surface Sep 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
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