“Broadcast media reported Half Dollar sized hail just west of Waveland on Clermont Blvd. Time estimated by radar. (LIX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Waveland · Aug 21, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Waveland 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Waveland 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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 21, 2026 sits in Waveland's hail record.
This was Waveland's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Waveland at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Waveland: the same system put hail over 659 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Gulfport (19 miles east, up to 0.75"); Saucier (22 miles north, up to 0.5"); Picayune (32 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Waveland 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.
Hail reports
1 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Waveland roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$46M
Potential roof exposure — 3,808 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 19 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$285K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,808 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $800 on top of the $150 plan.
Waveland hail history
Other storms in Waveland.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 15, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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