Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,885
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1 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.
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
This was Smithdale's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Smithdale at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Smithdale: the same system put hail over 226 other tracked cities, 67 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Meadville (11 miles northwest, up to 2.75"); Brookhaven (14 miles north, up to 2.5"); Bogue Chitto (15 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Smithdale'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 EF3 tornado began in eastern Franklin Co south of McCall Creek and tracked generally eastward into Lincoln Co... passing near the West Lincoln community... between (JAN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Mccall Creek — beyond Smithdale itself.
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
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Potential roof exposure — 1,885 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 Smithdale 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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5 recorded storm days in Smithdale, MS
