Hail size 1.2"
Indianapolis Intl Airp Marion County
“Most hail 0.75 inch or smaller. Time estimated by radar. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Indianapolis Jul 27, 2026
Hit 7 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Indianapolis this day.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
180,927
Ground reports
4
2 hail · 2 windThe 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.
5.0 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 100 /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 Indianapolis 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Indianapolis, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Indianapolis's hail record
This was Indianapolis's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Indianapolis at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Indianapolis: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 71 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Carmel (14 miles north, up to 1"); Westfield (14 miles north, up to 0.75"); Plainfield (15 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Indianapolis's Jul 27, 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
2 reports Hail size 1.25"
Broad Ripple 2 NE Marion County
“Time estimated by radar. Numerous reports of small hail across northern Marion County...including dime sized hail between Castleton and Yorkshire by EMA. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 59 mph
Indianapolis Intl Airp Marion County
“KIND peak gust from 020 degrees...sustained 45 mph. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 59 mph
Indianapolis Int'l Airp Marion County
“(IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm 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
The storm tracked southwest at roughly 25 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 42 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Indianapolis Intl Airp, Broad Ripple 2 Ne, and Indianapolis Int'L Airp — beyond Indianapolis itself.
What 1" hail means for Indianapolis roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$2.2B
Potential roof exposure — 180,927 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
905 jobs
Illustrative work
~$14M
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Indianapolis storm history — this Jul 27, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Indianapolis hail history
← All hail in Indianapolis 5 recorded storm days in Indianapolis, IN
Other storms in Indianapolis
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 
Mar 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
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ground report
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.