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Hail in Roxie · May 6, 2026

NEXRAD logged 9 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.

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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 52
Ground reports 2 2 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Roxie has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.4 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

6.4 /10
Peak hail signal
75 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
34 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
67 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Roxie saw the hail — from two instruments

May 6, 2026 · Roxie, MS

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Roxie, MS on May 6, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 3" Detections 9
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Roxie, MS on May 6, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 1.25"

The storm in context

Where May 6, 2026 sits in Roxie's hail record.

This was Roxie's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Roxie at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Roxie: the same system put hail over 226 other tracked cities, 67 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Meadville (9 miles southeast, up to 2.75"); Natchez (15 miles west, up to 3"); Smithdale (27 miles southeast, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Roxie 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

2 reports filed with the NWS

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.

Tornado reports

2 reports
Tornado Rating unknown
4 WNW Bunkley Franklin County

“Confirmed tornado - a TDS was observed on the 88D radar network. (JAN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
1 NE Garden City Franklin County

“Confirmed tornado - a TDS was observed on the 88D radar network. (JAN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Bunkley and Garden City — beyond Roxie itself.

Severe hail signal

What 3" hail means for Roxie roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

52 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$624K

Potential roof exposure — 52 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

May 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $11 on top of the $150 plan.

Roxie hail history

12 recorded storm days in Roxie, MS

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 8, 2026.