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Hail in Marion · Aug 11, 2026

Hit 34 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 12,123
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 5th most severe storm Marion 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
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
82 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Marion saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 11, 2026 · Marion, IN

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 Marion, IN on Aug 11, 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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marion, IN on Aug 11, 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 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Aug 11, 2026 sits in Marion's hail record.

This was Marion's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Marion at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Marion: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 170 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Gas City (5 miles west, up to 0.75"); Van Buren (7 miles north, up to 0.75"); Montpelier (9 miles northeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Marion 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

1 report 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1"
2 NNW Marion Grant County

“(IWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Marion roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

12,123 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$145M

Potential roof exposure — 12,123 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
61 jobs
Illustrative work
~$915K

Close just 0.5% of the 12,123 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $2,546 on top of the $150 plan.

Marion hail history

8 recorded storm days in Marion, IN

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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 Sep 5, 2026.