Hail in Mansfield · Jan 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jan 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Mansfield has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Mansfield saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jan 9, 2026 sits in Mansfield's hail record.
This was Mansfield's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mansfield at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jan 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mansfield: the same system put hail over 43 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Coushatta (23 miles east, up to 1.75"); Atlanta (58 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Dodson (64 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Mansfield 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Mansfield. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Mansfield 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
Mansfield hail history
Other storms in Mansfield.
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 4, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
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