Hail in Loogootee · Sep 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Loogootee that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Loogootee 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /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 Loogootee 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Loogootee, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 18, 2026 sits in Loogootee's hail record.
This was Loogootee's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Aug 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Loogootee at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Loogootee: the same system put hail over 157 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Odon (5 miles west, up to 1"); Montgomery (9 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Shoals (9 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Loogootee 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Loogootee. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Loogootee roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$6.8M
Potential roof exposure — 563 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 563 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $118 on top of the $150 plan.
Loogootee hail history
Other storms in Loogootee.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 21, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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