United States · May 17, 2025

Hail map — May 17, 2025

NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 11 cities across 4 states on May 17, 2025. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over Clinton, MS.

Hail swath map for Clinton, MS on May 17, 2025 showing 1.50 inch hail.
Largest rendered swath of the day: Clinton, MS 1.50″ hail. Each city below has its own map for this storm.
States hit
4
Cities hit
11
Largest stone
1.50
half dollar size
Impact rating
5/10
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 17, 2025

Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.

What people on the ground measured in the US on May 17, 2025

15 reports filed with the National Weather Service2 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 Trained Spotter
    5 N Stella, OK10:22 PM CDTOklahoma County

    Near I-40 and Peebly Road.

  • 3.25 baseball size Storm Chaser
    9 SW Runaway Bay, TX5:41 PM CDTJack County

    Stormchaser photo showed a hail stone approximately 3.25 inches long by 2.5 inches wide fell in Joplin.

  • 2.75 baseball size Public
    3 E Tuttle, OK4:53 PM CDTGrady County

    Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.).

  • 2.75 baseball size Emergency Mngr
    Mustang, OK5:03 PM CDTCanadian County
  • 2.75 baseball size Broadcast Media
    1 SW Runaway Bay, TX5:53 PM CDTWise County

    Baseball size hail just south of Runaway Bay.

  • 2.25 hen egg size Public
    1 NE Mustang, OK5:02 PM CDTCanadian County

    Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.).

  • 2.25 hen egg size Public
    2 S Warr Acres, OK5:12 PM CDTOklahoma County

    Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.) Deleyed report, estimated from radar.

  • 2.25 hen egg size Public
    1 SW Dale, OK10:35 PM CDTPottawatomie County
  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    Raymond, MS1:52 PM CDTHinds County

    2.25 in hail measured.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    2 S Clinton, MS2:00 PM CDTHinds County

    Corrects location and time of previous hail report from Raymond. 2.25 in hail measured in the Kirkwood subdivision.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    1 W Forest Hill, MS2:03 PM CDTHinds County

    Video showed 2 inch hail falling in the Oak Creek neighborhood.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    1 E Richmond, VT3:06 PM EDTChittenden County

    An email from the public shows multiple hail stones ranging from 1 to 2 inches in diamater.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    2 E Forest Hill, MS2:10 PM CDTHinds County

    Occurred near McDowell Rd.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    1 ESE Strong, AR4:12 PM CDTUnion County

    Several photos of golf ball to 2 inch hail just to the east and southeast of the town of Strong.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    3 N Mustang, OK5:05 PM CDTCanadian County

    Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.) Delayed report estimated from radar.

Showing the 15 largest of 124 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 17, 2025

NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 11 cities across 4 states on May 17, 2025. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over Clinton, MS. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.

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