Hail in Marshall · 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.
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Convective day · Jan 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Marshall 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 Marshall saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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 Marshall's hail record.
This was Marshall's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Marshall at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jan 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Marshall: the same system put hail over 35 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Carlisle (28 miles south, up to 1"); Jasonville (32 miles southeast, up to 1"); Linton (35 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Marshall 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Marshall. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Marshall 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
Marshall hail history
Other storms in Marshall.
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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