Hail in Earl Park · Aug 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Earl Park that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Earl Park 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 30 /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 Earl Park saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Earl Park, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 26, 2026 sits in Earl Park's hail record.
This was Earl Park's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Aug 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Earl Park at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Earl Park: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Saint Joseph (49 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Urbana (51 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Star City (51 miles northeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Earl Park 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.
For this storm over Earl Park, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Earl Park roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$372K
Potential roof exposure — 31 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
Earl Park hail history
Other storms in Earl Park.
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
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