Hail in Elkhart · Jan 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jan 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Elkhart 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
- 0 /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 Elkhart saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Jan 9, 2026 sits in Elkhart's hail record.
This was Elkhart's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elkhart at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jan 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elkhart: the same system put hail over 43 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Texas. Nearest: Grapeland (15 miles east, up to 1"); Jacksonville (28 miles northeast, up to 1"); Nacogdoches (50 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Elkhart 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 Elkhart 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 Elkhart 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
Elkhart hail history
Other storms in Elkhart.
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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