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Hail in Starkville · Jul 1, 2026

NEXRAD logged 48 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 1,255
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 4.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.2 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

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

Homes exposed
62 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Starkville saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 1, 2026 · Starkville, MS

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 radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Starkville, MS on Jul 1, 2026 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.

Max size 1.75" Detections 48
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Jul 1, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

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

No 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.

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.

1,255 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

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

17 recorded storm days in Starkville, MS
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Sep 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Sep 6, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 10, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 8, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 7, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Aug 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Aug 1, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Starkville, MS on Jul 31, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Jul 31, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Starkville, MS on Jul 3, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Jul 3, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Jun 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Jun 19, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on May 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

May 23, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

May 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Apr 28, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Starkville, MS on Mar 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Starkville / MS

Mar 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 7, 2026.