Hail in Rayville Jan 9, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft403
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Rayville has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Rayville 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.
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.
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.
Where Jan 9, 2026 sits in Rayville's hail record
This was Rayville's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rayville at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jan 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rayville: the same system put hail over 43 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Baskin (7 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Mangham (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Delhi (16 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Rayville's Jan 9, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Rayville. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.75" hail means for Rayville roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$4.8M
Potential roof exposure — 403 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Rayville on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Rayville, LA
Other storms in Rayville
Jul 1, 2026
1"
Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
May 22, 2026
0.75"
May 6, 2026
1"
Apr 28, 2026
1.75"
Apr 25, 2026
1"
Apr 24, 2026
1"
Apr 4, 2026
1.75"
Mar 7, 2026
1.75"