Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 10 hail signatures up to 4", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.75" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
4"
≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature421
4
2 hail · 2 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.
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
This was Prentiss's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Apr 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Prentiss at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Prentiss: the same system put hail over 226 other tracked cities, 67 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Oak Vale (7 miles south, up to 4"); Silver Creek (7 miles southwest, up to 4"); Monticello (15 miles southwest, up to 4").
These maps are stills from Prentiss's May 6, 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 EF0 tornado began on the south side of Prentiss near MS Hwy 13... tracking across Old Highway 13... Tom Bullock Rd... and MS Hwy 42. A storm chaser observed turbul (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Storm chaser reported power flashes and flying debris at MS Hwy 42 near Fate Ward Rd. (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“SM picture of at least 2.0 in hail. (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail was reported over 138 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Clem — beyond Prentiss itself.
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$5.1M
Potential roof exposure — 421 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 Prentiss storm history — this May 6, 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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7 recorded storm days in Prentiss, MS
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jul 1, 2026
1.25"
May 22, 2026
0.5"
Apr 29, 2026
1.5"
Apr 26, 2026
0.75"
Apr 24, 2026
1.75"