Hail in Lawrenceville · Jan 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.
Convective day · Jan 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Lawrenceville 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Lawrenceville saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jan 8, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jan 8, 2026 sits in Lawrenceville's hail record.
This was Lawrenceville's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lawrenceville at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jan 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lawrenceville: the same system put hail over 35 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Bridgeport (6 miles southwest, up to 1"); Oblong (15 miles northwest, up to 1"); Carlisle (20 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Lawrenceville 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Lawrenceville for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Lawrenceville 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
Lawrenceville hail history
Other storms in Lawrenceville.
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.