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Hail in Marion · Mar 1, 2026

NEXRAD logged 29 hail signatures up to 1.75"; 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 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint 267

Ground reports 1 1 hail

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Mar 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Marion has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.1 / 10

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.1 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 49 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Marion saw the hail — from two instruments

Mar 1, 2026 · Marion, KS

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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Marion, KS on Mar 1, 2026 — 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.

Max size 1.75" Detections 29

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marion, KS on Mar 1, 2026 — 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 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Mar 1, 2026 sits in Marion's hail record.

This was Marion's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Marion at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Mar 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Marion: the same system put hail over 24 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Florence (14 miles south, up to 1.25"); Hillsboro (17 miles west, up to 1.75"); Moundridge (38 miles west, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 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 1.5"

6 SSW Marion Marion County

7:20 PM UTC

“Report relayed by emergency manager. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Marion 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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

267 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$3.2M

Potential roof exposure — 267 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 1 job
Illustrative work: ~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 267 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

March 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $56 on top of the $150 plan.

Marion hail history

14 recorded storm days in Marion, KS

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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Marion, KS on Sep 13, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Marion / KS

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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 14, 2026.

The 4th most severe storm Marion has seen in the last 12 months

How Marion saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Mar 1, 2026 sits in Marion's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

What 1.75" hail means for Marion roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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