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Hail in Crown Point · Aug 11, 2026

Hit 32 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Crown Point 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 30,211

Ground reports 4 1 hail · 3 wind

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Crown Point has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.4 / 10

Storm severity score

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

4.4 /10

Peak hail signal: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 90 /100
Ground truth: 67 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Crown Point saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 11, 2026 · Crown Point, IN

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-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Crown Point, IN on Aug 11, 2026 — 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.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Crown Point, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 11, 2026 sits in Crown Point's hail record.

This was Crown Point's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 61 days after the Jun 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Crown Point at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Crown Point: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 170 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Griffith (7 miles north, up to 0.75"); Cedar Lake (8 miles west, up to 0.75"); Hebron (9 miles southeast, up to 1").

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

4 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.

Hail reports

1 report

Hail size 1"

1 S Crown Point Lake County

2:36 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

3 reports

Wind gust 70 mph

1 NNW Crown Point Lake County

4:07 PM UTC

“Private weather station. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind gust 72 mph

1 ESE St. John Lake County

4:04 PM UTC

“Private weather station: KINSAINT. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind gust 73 mph

2 NE Cedar Lake Lake County

4:03 PM UTC

“Private weather station: KINCEDAR5. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Hail was reported over 91 minutes, from 2:36 PM UTC to 4:07 PM UTC .

Reports came from St. John and Cedar Lake — beyond Crown Point itself.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Crown Point 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.

30,211 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$363M

Potential roof exposure — 30,211 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 151 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$2.3M

Close just 0.5% of the 30,211 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $6,344 on top of the $150 plan.

Crown Point hail history

5 recorded storm days in Crown Point, IN

← All hail in Crown Point

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Crown Point, IN on Jun 11, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Crown Point / IN

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