Hail in Preston Jul 20, 2026
Hit 14 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Preston this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft21
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Preston 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 27 /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 Preston 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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Preston, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 20, 2026 sits in Preston's hail record
This was Preston's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 49 days after the Jun 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Preston at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Preston: the same system put hail over 553 other tracked cities, 7 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Philadelphia (14 miles south, up to 0.5"); Louisville (15 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); West (46 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Preston's Jul 20, 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.
For this storm over Preston, 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Preston roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$252K
Potential roof exposure — 21 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Preston on the live map
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4 recorded storm days in Preston, MS
