Hail in Water Valley · Sep 6, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Water Valley that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Water Valley 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 49 /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 Water Valley saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Water Valley, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 6, 2026 sits in Water Valley's hail record.
This was Water Valley's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Sep 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Water Valley at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Water Valley: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Oakland (18 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Batesville (20 miles west, up to 0.5"); Oxford (21 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Water Valley 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.
For this storm over Water Valley, 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Water Valley roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$3.5M
Potential roof exposure — 294 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 294 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $62 on top of the $150 plan.
Water Valley hail history
Other storms in Water Valley.
Estimated-size surface Sep 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 15, 2026
Estimated-size surface Feb 26, 2026
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