Hail in Crown Point · Mar 31, 2026
NEXRAD logged 32 hail signatures up to 1.25"; 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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Convective day · Mar 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Crown Point 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 85 /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 Crown Point 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.
Radar signature field 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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Mar 31, 2026 sits in Crown Point's hail record.
This was Crown Point's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Crown Point at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Crown Point: the same system put hail over 522 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Griffith (7 miles north, up to 1.25"); Cedar Lake (8 miles west, up to 1"); Hebron (9 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Crown Point 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Crown Point. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Crown Point 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
$213M
Potential roof exposure — 17,719 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 89 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.3M
Close just 0.5% of the 17,719 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $3,721 on top of the $150 plan.
Crown Point hail history
Other storms in Crown Point.
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Apr 13, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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