Hail map for Columbus, MS — May 9, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail up to 2.00″ — hen egg size — within 5 miles of Columbus on May 9, 2024.

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- Max hail size
- 2.00″
- hen egg
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 3
- distinct radar bands
- Measured on the ground
- 1.50″
- 7.0 mi away · Public
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Columbus, MS on May 9, 2024
6 reports filed with the National Weather Service. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.50″ half dollar size PublicNew Hope, MS · 7.0 mi away6:32 PM CDTLowndes County
Ping pong ball sized hail in New Hope.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Public2 WSW Columbus, MS · 0.4 mi away6:13 PM CDTLowndes County
Wind gusts of approx. 60mph and hail ranging from pea to half a dollar sized hail.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 SSE Steens, MS · 7.2 mi away6:30 PM CDTLowndes County
Quarter sized hail lasted roughly 8 min.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public4 N Forest, AL · 9.6 mi away6:40 PM CDTLamar County
Social media image.
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicEthelsville, AL · 13.9 mi away6:35 PM CDTPickens County
Social media images.
- 0.25″ penny size PublicSteens, MS · 8.0 mi away6:35 PM CDTLowndes County
Report of pea-sized hail in Steens, Ms from social media.
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.
Shopping for a hail app to work Columbus, MS?
This page is one storm. If you are deciding which tool to work Columbus, MS with all season, these compare the ones roofers actually buy — with every price taken from the vendor's own site and linked.
- Best hail tracking apps, comparedHailMate, HailTrace, Hail Recon, HailStrike and RadarScope — every published price sourced and linked, and who each one is genuinely right for.
- HailMate vs HailTraceStreet-level NOAA swaths on a map your crew can knock, with the CRM already inside — instead of quote-only meteorologist maps billed on top of one.
- Hail map apps for roofers (and the Hail Recon alternative)Every storm on one map instead of loading dates one at a time — plus the canvassing and the whole claim, monthly, for what one state costs them a year.
- Best canvassing apps, comparedHailMate, SalesRabbit, SPOTIO, Knockio, RoofLink and Badger Maps — every published price sourced and linked, and two of them publish none.
Columbus hail on May 9, 2024
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 2.00 inches — hen egg size — within about 5 miles of Columbus that day, across 3 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.