Hail in Starkville · Jul 1, 2026
Convective day · Jul 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Starkville 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /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 Starkville saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 1, 2026 sits in Starkville's hail record.
This was Starkville's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Jun 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Starkville at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Starkville: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 122 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Pheba (9 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); West Point (12 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Mathiston (17 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Starkville 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Starkville. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Starkville roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$15M
Potential roof exposure — 1,255 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 6 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$90K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,255 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $264 on top of the $150 plan.
Starkville hail history
Other storms in Starkville.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 1, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 31, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 3, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 11, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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