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Hail in Seymour · Apr 27, 2026

NEXRAD logged 28 hail signatures up to 2.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.

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Peak hail signal 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 6,014
Ground reports 3 2 wind · 1 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Seymour has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.3 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

6.3 /10
Peak hail signal
56 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
76 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
67 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Seymour saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 27, 2026 · Seymour, IN

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Seymour, IN on Apr 27, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 2.25" Detections 28
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seymour, IN on Apr 27, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Seymour's hail record.

This was Seymour's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the Mar 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Seymour at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Seymour: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 125 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Crothersville (10 miles south, up to 1.25"); Brownstown (11 miles southwest, up to 2.25"); Austin (12 miles southeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Seymour 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

3 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.

Tornado reports

1 report
Tornado Rating unknown
2 NNW Cortland Jackson County

“An EF-1 tornado with path length of 2.16 miles and path width of 100 yards began at this location. The peak winds were 105 mph with damage including snapped trees and t (IND)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 60 mph
2 NE Seymour Jackson County

“(IND)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 63 mph
3 SSW Seymour Jackson County

“Measured at KSER AWOS. (IND)”

— 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 441 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Cortland — beyond Seymour itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Seymour roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

6,014 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$72M

Potential roof exposure — 6,014 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
30 jobs
Illustrative work
~$450K

Close just 0.5% of the 6,014 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

April 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $1,263 on top of the $150 plan.

Seymour hail history

7 recorded storm days in Seymour, IN

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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 3, 2026.