Tornado Rating unknown
8 NW Dale Pike County
“Tornado reported on the ground near Dale... IN. Public and chaser report relayed via EM. (PAH)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Dale Jun 21, 2026
Hit 43 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dale this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
128
Ground reports
2
2 tornadoThe 4th most severe storm Dale 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.
2.8 /10
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 42 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Dale 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-estimated hail size
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
0.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Dale, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 21, 2026 sits in Dale's hail record
This was Dale's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dale at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dale: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Ferdinand (11 miles east, up to 0.5"); Boonville (13 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Grandview (14 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Dale's Jun 21, 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.
Tornado reports
2 reports Tornado Rating unknown
8 NW Dale Pike County
“Corrects previous tornado report from 8 NW Dale. Tornado reported on the ground near Dale... IN. Public and chaser report relayed via EM. (PAH)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
What 0.5" hail means for Dale roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$1.5M
Potential roof exposure — 128 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Dale on the live map
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Dale hail history
← All hail in Dale 5 recorded storm days in Dale, IN
Other storms in Dale
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 25, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 27, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.25"
2
ground reports
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.