Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
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≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft0
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3 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
This was Linden's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Linden at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Linden: the same system put hail over 486 other tracked cities, 54 of them in Texas. Nearest: Bivins (9 miles east, up to 0"); Hughes Springs (12 miles west, up to 0"); Avinger (15 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Linden's Mar 6, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
“*** 2 INJ *** AROUND 3:09AM ON MARCH 7... 2026 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF PROSPECT... TEXAS. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“*** 2 INJ *** Around 3:09am on March 7... 2026 a severe thunderstorm produced a tornado near the community of Prospect... Texas. The tornado initially touched down just (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“*** 2 INJ *** A tornado likely developed across North-Central Marion County just southwest of the Prospect community and traveled northeast into southern Cass County. A (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail was reported over 60 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Jefferson — beyond Linden itself.
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Linden storm history — this Mar 6, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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5 recorded storm days in Linden, TX
Jul 6, 2026
1.25"
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Apr 29, 2026
0.75"
Mar 15, 2026
2.75"