Hail size 2.75"
3 E English Lake Starke County
“Hail damage to cars on Toto Road north of north Judson from baseball sized hail. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · LaPorte
Hail in La Crosse · Aug 11, 2026
Hit 37 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over La Crosse that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,329
Ground reports 7 7 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm La Crosse has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 La Crosse saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 11, 2026 · La Crosse, IN
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over La Crosse, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 11, 2026 sits in La Crosse's hail record.
This was La Crosse's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over La Crosse at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than La Crosse: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 170 of them in Indiana. Nearest: North Judson (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); San Pierre (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Wanatah (7 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 La Crosse 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
7 reports filed with the NWS
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
7 reports Hail size 2.75"
3 E English Lake Starke County
“Photo on Facebook of baseball sized hail north of North Judson. Measured with a ruler. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
3 E English Lake Starke County
“Corrects time of previous hail report from 3 E English Lake. Photo on Facebook of baseball sized hail north of North Judson. Measured with a ruler. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 WSW Toto Starke County
“(IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
1 N North Judson Starke County
“Damage to car windshields and roofs in North Judson due to large hail. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
2 W Toto Starke County
“Photos of baseball sized hail between Knox and North Judson. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
2 W Toto Starke County
“Estimated 3 inch hailstone. Photo on Facebook but no official measurement. Fell on SR 39 north of North Judson. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 40 minutes, from to .
Reports came from English Lake, Toto, and North Judson — beyond La Crosse itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for La Crosse roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,329 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$16M
Potential roof exposure — 1,329 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 7 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$105K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,329 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
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 $279 on top of the $150 plan.
La Crosse hail history
Other storms in La Crosse.
6 recorded storm days in La Crosse, IN
Estimated-size surface Storm date La Crosse / IN
Aug 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date La Crosse / IN
Aug 9, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date La Crosse / IN
Jun 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date La Crosse / IN
Mar 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date La Crosse / IN
Mar 10, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
4 ground reports Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 12, 2026.