Hail in Fort Wayne · Sep 4, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fort Wayne that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Fort Wayne 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 92 /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 Fort Wayne 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 4, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fort Wayne, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 4, 2026 sits in Fort Wayne's hail record.
This was Fort Wayne's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Aug 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Wayne at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Wayne: the same system put hail over 482 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Indiana. Nearest: New Haven (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Harlan (12 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Monroeville (13 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne, 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Fort Wayne 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.
Potential roof exposure
$476M
Potential roof exposure — 39,630 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 198 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$3M
Close just 0.5% of the 39,630 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $8,322 on top of the $150 plan.
Fort Wayne hail history
Other storms in Fort Wayne.
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Feb 18, 2026
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