Hail in Meridian · Apr 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Meridian 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
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Meridian 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 26, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Meridian's hail record.
This was Meridian's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Meridian at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Meridian: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 28 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Luther (7 miles south, up to 2.5"); Morrison (35 miles north, up to 1"); Kaw City (71 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Meridian 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 Meridian 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.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Meridian roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Meridian hail history
Other storms in Meridian.
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