Hail size 1.5"
2 N Marion Grant County
“(IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Marion Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 2.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Marion this day. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.25"
≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
17,952
Ground reports
3
3 hailThe most severe storm Marion has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.3 /10
- Hail size
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 85 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Marion 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-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
2.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Marion, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Marion's hail record
This was Marion's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Mar 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Marion at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Marion: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 37 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Gas City (4 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Swayzee (9 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Van Buren (9 miles northeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Marion's Apr 14, 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.
Hail reports
3 reports Hail size 1"
2 NW Marion Grant County
“(IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 S Marion Grant County
“(IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
What 2.25" hail means for Marion 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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$215M
Potential roof exposure — 17,952 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
90 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1.4M
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Marion on the live map
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Marion hail history
← All hail in Marion 5 recorded storm days in Marion, IN
Other storms in Marion
Jun 6, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 26, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
2
ground reports 
Mar 22, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
5
ground reports
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.