“(LMK)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Paoli · Aug 11, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Paoli 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Paoli 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 Aug 11, 2026 sits in Paoli's hail record.
This was Paoli's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Aug 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Paoli at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Paoli: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 170 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Marengo (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Hardinsburg (8 miles east, up to 1.5"); Orleans (14 miles north, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Paoli 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Chambersburg — beyond Paoli itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Paoli 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
$10M
Potential roof exposure — 843 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 843 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 $177 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
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