Hail in Valparaiso · Sep 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Valparaiso that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Valparaiso 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /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 Valparaiso 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Valparaiso, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in Valparaiso's hail record.
This was Valparaiso's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 35 days after the Aug 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Valparaiso at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Valparaiso: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Kouts (15 miles south, up to 0.5"); Beaverville (43 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Star City (47 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Valparaiso 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 Valparaiso. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Valparaiso roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 94 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $20 on top of the $150 plan.
Valparaiso hail history
Other storms in Valparaiso.
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 20, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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