Hail map — May 26, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 52 cities across 9 states on May 26, 2024. The largest stones — 2.00″, hen egg size — fell over Murfreesboro, TN.
- States hit
- 9
- Cities hit
- 52
- Largest stone
- 2.00″
- hen egg size
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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States hit on May 26, 2024
Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.
Hardest hit on May 26, 2024
Showing the 24 largest of 52 cities hit. The rest are under their state above.
What people on the ground measured in the US on May 26, 2024
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 2 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 4.00″ softball size Public2 N Marshfield, MO4:15 PM CDTWebster County
Several photos of 3 to 4 inch hail just north of Marshfield.
- 3.00″ baseball size Broadcast Media9 SE Fairview, TN3:05 PM CDTWilliamson County
Media reports and photos showed hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell in the Leipers Fork area. Many vehicles had windows broken or were heavily dented.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 SW Bassville, MO3:51 PM CDTGreene County
Report from mPING: Tea Cup (3.00 in.).
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 W Marshfield, MO4:12 PM CDTWebster County
Hail size presumed to be 2 to 3 inches based on a measurement I took from hail stones from the same time and cell in another part of town and damage. Marshfield Pizza Huts skylight windows suffered multiple cracks from large hail stones with a few breaking through all layers of glass and many shards of glass falling onto the floor below. Multiple cars in the parking lot were dented or had their windshields broken out.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 E Marshfield, MO4:15 PM CDTWebster County
Extremely large hail stones measuring 2.00 to 3.00 inches in width. Measured with a tape measure and are the size of a baseball when compared or larger, the largest hail stones I have measured 3 inches. Neighboring houses steel roof was damaged with multiple impacts, multiple downed tree limbs, broken windshields, and dents on cars.
- 3.00″ baseball size Emergency Mngr3 N Lebanon, MO4:22 PM CDTLaclede County
- 3.00″ baseball size PublicMacon, MO10:33 PM CDTMacon County
Measured 3 inch hailstone in Macon.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public1 N Lebanon, MO4:22 AM CDTLaclede County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public4 NW Coal, MO3:21 PM CDTHenry County
Report relayed via social media. Time estimated from radar.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public2 NNW Marshfield, MO4:15 PM CDTWebster County
baseball size hail northern side of Marshfield.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public1 E Marshfield, MO4:16 PM CDTWebster County
Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.).
- 2.75″ baseball size Public1 N Lebanon, MO4:22 PM CDTLaclede County
Corrects previous hail report from 1 N Lebanon.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public2 SE Saint Charles, MO5:03 PM CDTSt. Charles County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public2 SW Graff, MO5:10 PM CDTWright County
Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.).
- 2.50″ hen egg size Trained SpotterTyro, KS1:32 AM CDTMontgomery County
Showing the 15 largest of 384 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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US hail on May 26, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 52 cities across 9 states on May 26, 2024. The largest stones — 2.00 inches, hen egg size — were over Murfreesboro, TN. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.