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Hail in Rayville · Sep 13, 2026

Hit 39 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; 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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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 6
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Sep 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Rayville has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.2 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
17 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Rayville saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 13, 2026 · Rayville, LA

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 signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Rayville, LA on Sep 13, 2026 Radar signature field

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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Sep 13, 2026 Estimated size field

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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Sep 13, 2026 sits in Rayville's hail record.

This was Rayville's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 38 days after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rayville at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rayville: the same system put hail over 171 other tracked cities, 7 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Mangham (15 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Transylvania (30 miles east, up to 0.5"); Grayson (42 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Rayville 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

No reports 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Rayville. 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Rayville roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

6 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$72K

Potential roof exposure — 6 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $1 on top of the $150 plan.

Rayville hail history

Other storms in Rayville.

13 recorded storm days in Rayville, LA
← All hail in Rayville
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Sep 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Sep 14, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Aug 6, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Jul 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

May 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on May 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

May 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Apr 28, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Apr 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Apr 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Apr 24, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Apr 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Apr 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Mar 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Mar 7, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Jan 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Jan 9, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 15, 2026.