Hail in Marianna · May 8, 2026
Convective day · May 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Marianna has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 46 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Marianna saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where May 8, 2026 sits in Marianna's hail record.
This was Marianna's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Marianna at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Marianna: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Florida. Nearest: Greenwood (10 miles east, up to 1.5"); Cottondale (11 miles northwest, up to 1"); Donalsonville (27 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Marianna storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
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.
For this storm over Marianna, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Marianna roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$2.3M
Potential roof exposure — 194 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 194 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $41 on top of the $150 plan.
Marianna hail history
Other storms in Marianna.
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
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