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Hail in Marianna · May 8, 2026

NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 194
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Marianna has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.4 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.4 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
46 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Marianna saw the hail — from two instruments

May 8, 2026 · Marianna, FL

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Marianna, FL on May 8, 2026 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.

Max size 1.5" Detections 5
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on May 8, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

194 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

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

13 recorded storm days in Marianna, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Aug 19, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Aug 18, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Jul 29, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Jul 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Jul 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Jul 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Jul 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Jul 7, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Jun 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on May 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

May 7, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Apr 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Apr 4, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Apr 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Apr 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marianna, FL on Mar 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Marianna / FL

Mar 31, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 20, 2026.