Hail in West · Apr 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm West 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /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 West 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 Apr 28, 2026 sits in West's hail record.
This was West's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than West: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 98 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Ethel (6 miles east, up to 1.75"); Vaiden (9 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Kosciusko (11 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 West 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over West for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for West 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
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 901 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 901 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $189 on top of the $150 plan.
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0.75"
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0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
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1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
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