Hail size 1.5"
3 WNW Southport Marion County
“Time estimated from radar. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Indianapolis Mar 22, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
Largest hailstone
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
242
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 5th most severe storm Indianapolis 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.
2.2 /10
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Indianapolis 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
0.5"
Where Mar 22, 2026 sits in Indianapolis's hail record
This was Indianapolis's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Indianapolis at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Indianapolis: the same system put hail over 409 other tracked cities, 130 of them in Indiana. Nearest: New Palestine (15 miles southeast, up to 0"); Franklin (21 miles south, up to 1"); Bargersville (21 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Indianapolis's Mar 22, 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.
Hail reports
1 report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Southport — beyond Indianapolis itself.
What 0.5" hail means for Indianapolis 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
$2.9M
Potential roof exposure — 242 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 March 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Indianapolis on the live map
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Indianapolis hail history
← All hail in Indianapolis 5 recorded storm days in Indianapolis, IN
Other storms in Indianapolis
Jul 27, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
4
ground reports 
Jul 4, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 7, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 24, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
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.