Hail map for Columbus, MS — March 9, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail up to 2.00″ — hen egg size — within 5 miles of Columbus on March 9, 2026.
- Max hail size
- 2.00″
- hen egg
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 3
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 70%
- NOAA POSH probability
- Measured on the ground
- 1.50″
- 5.6 mi away · Emergency Mngr
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 70% over Columbus that day — high: around even odds of 1″ hail reaching the ground. It is a separate model from the size estimate above: one asks how big the stones were in the storm, the other asks whether they made it down.
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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Every storm over Columbus →What people on the ground measured in Columbus, MS on March 9, 2026
3 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.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Emergency Mngr1 NW New Hope, MS · 5.6 mi away8:13 PM CDTLowndes County
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter1 WSW Columbus, MS · 0.5 mi away8:07 PM CDTLowndes County
Pictures from 0.6 miles north of Main Street in Columbus showed hail the size of quarters.
- 1.00″ quarter size Broadcast Media3 NNE New Hope, MS · 6.8 mi away8:15 PM CDTLowndes County
Nickel to quarter size hail was beginning to accumulate near Mt. Vernon Church.
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.
Columbus hail on March 9, 2026
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.