Hail in Lexington · Jan 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jan 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Lexington 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Lexington 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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jan 8, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jan 8, 2026 sits in Lexington's hail record.
This was Lexington's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lexington at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jan 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lexington: the same system put hail over 35 other tracked cities, 15 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Mcloud (22 miles north, up to 1.25"); Maud (24 miles east, up to 1"); Seminole (37 miles east, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Lexington 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Lexington 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Lexington roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 90 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
January 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around January 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 $19 on top of the $150 plan.
Lexington hail history
Other storms in Lexington.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
2.5"
NEXRAD surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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