Hail in Lafayette · Jun 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 114 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Lafayette 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 85 /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 Lafayette saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Jun 6, 2026 sits in Lafayette's hail record.
This was Lafayette's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lafayette at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lafayette: the same system put hail over 447 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Clarks Hill (7 miles south, up to 1"); Frankfort (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Thorntown (15 miles south, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Lafayette 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 Lafayette, 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Lafayette 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.
Potential roof exposure
$221M
Potential roof exposure — 18,450 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 92 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.4M
Close just 0.5% of the 18,450 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $3,875 on top of the $150 plan.
Lafayette hail history
Other storms in Lafayette.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
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