Hail size 1"
8 N Marion Marion County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Marion Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 47 hail signatures up to 3.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.25" aloft. At 3.75" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
3.75"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
791
Ground reports
8
8 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.
8.6 /10
- Hail size
- 94 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
3.75"
Detections
47
Radar-estimated hail size
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
2.25"
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Marion's hail record
This was Marion's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 49 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Marion at 3.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Marion: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Hillsboro (9 miles southwest, up to 3"); Lehigh (11 miles west, up to 2.75"); Lincolnville (11 miles northeast, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills from Marion's Apr 23, 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
8 reports Hail size 2.75"
4 ESE Marion Marion County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
4 E Hillsboro Marion County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4"
6 SSW Marion Marion County
“Delayed report with time estimated from radar. Relayed via emergency manager with picture. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 SW Marion Marion County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
1 NNE Marion Marion County
“Dime to tennis ball sized hail for the last 10 minutes. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
4 NNW Cedar Point Chase County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Florence Marion County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 73 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Hillsboro, Cedar Point, and Florence — beyond Marion itself.
What 3.75" 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
$9.5M
Potential roof exposure — 791 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K
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 10 recorded storm days in Marion, KS
Other storms in Marion
Jul 8, 2026
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
3
ground reports 
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 18, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 26, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
3
ground reports 
Mar 5, 2026
Mar 1, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
1
ground report
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 3, 2026.