Hail size 1"
6 WSW Marietta Washington County
“(RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Marietta Apr 1, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 23 hail signatures up to 3.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.75" aloft. At 3.25" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
3.25"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
7,535
Ground reports
13
13 hailThe most severe storm Marietta 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.
8.3 /10
- Hail size
- 81 /100
- Homes exposed
- 78 /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 Marietta 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
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.
Max size
3.25"
Detections
23
Radar-estimated hail size
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
1.75"
Where Apr 1, 2026 sits in Marietta's hail record
This was Marietta's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Marietta at 3.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Marietta: the same system put hail over 329 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Newport (7 miles south, up to 2.25"); Saint Marys (11 miles southeast, up to 2.25"); Waverly (15 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Marietta's Apr 1, 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
13 reports Hail size 1"
Williamstown Wood County
“(RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 SE Marietta Washington County
“(RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 S Marietta Washington County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). Time is estimated from radar. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 SW Marietta Washington County
“From photo provided to the media. Time is estimated from radar. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Williamstown Wood County
“Time is estimated by radar. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Williamstown Wood County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Williamstown Wood County
“Ping-pong sized hail. CoCoRaHS station WD-7. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.1"
Marietta Washington County
“Hail up to 1.1 in and accumulation of smaller hail. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 ESE Marietta Washington County
“Photo showing quarter size hail. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 ESE Marietta Washington County
“Corrects previous hail report from 1 ESE Marietta. Large hail estimated at half inch to quarter size. Time estimated from radar. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 W Marietta Washington County
“Corrects previous hail report from 1 W Marietta. Ping pong to golf ball sized hail reported across Marietta. Time estimated by radar. (RLX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 E Williamstown Washington County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (RLX)”
— 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
Reports came from Williamstown — beyond Marietta itself.
What 3.25" hail means for Marietta 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
$90M
Potential roof exposure — 7,535 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
38 jobs
Illustrative work
~$570K
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.
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Marietta hail history
← All hail in Marietta 2 recorded storm days in Marietta, OH
Other storms in Marietta
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.