Hail in La Porte Mar 26, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 2 hail signatures up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature165
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm La Porte has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 La Porte 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 26, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Mar 26, 2026 sits in La Porte's hail record
This was La Porte's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over La Porte at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than La Porte: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 80 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Westville (11 miles west, up to 1.75"); Valparaiso (16 miles west, up to 1"); Chesterton (17 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from La Porte's Mar 26, 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.
For this storm over La Porte, 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.
What 1" hail means for La Porte 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.
$2M
Potential roof exposure — 165 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over La Porte on the live map
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5 recorded storm days in La Porte, IN
