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Hail in Rayville · Sep 14, 2026

Hit 3 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rayville that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 64
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 2.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.0 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
36 /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 14, 2026 · Rayville, LA

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rayville, LA on Sep 14, 2026 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.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rayville, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 14, 2026 sits in Rayville's hail record.

This was Rayville's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rayville at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rayville: the same system put hail over 110 other tracked cities, 2 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Hamburg (56 miles north, up to 0.5"); Hermitage (66 miles north, up to 0.5"); El Dorado (67 miles northwest, 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Rayville for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Rayville roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

64 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$768K

Potential roof exposure — 64 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 $13 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 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rayville / LA

Sep 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
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.