Hail in Olney Jan 8, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 0 hail signatures up to 2.5". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature0
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Olney has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Olney saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Jan 8, 2026 sits in Olney's hail record
This was Olney's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Olney at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jan 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Olney: the same system put hail over 35 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Illinois. Nearest: West Salem (7 miles south, up to 1"); Golden Gate (15 miles south, up to 1"); Bridgeport (18 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Olney's Jan 8, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Olney. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 2.5" hail means for Olney roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
Track hail over Olney on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Olney storm history — this Jan 8, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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10 recorded storm days in Olney, IL
Other storms in Olney
Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Jul 9, 2026
1.25"
Jun 25, 2026
0.75"
Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Jun 9, 2026
0.75"
May 16, 2026
3"
Apr 27, 2026
3.25"
Mar 22, 2026
1"
Feb 19, 2026
0.5"