“Estimated 60 to 70 mph. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in West Terre Haute · Apr 27, 2026
Convective day · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm West Terre Haute 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
- 40 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 West Terre Haute 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 Apr 27, 2026 sits in West Terre Haute's hail record.
This was West Terre Haute's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the Mar 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Terre Haute at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Terre Haute: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 125 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Paris (13 miles west, up to 0"); Brazil (15 miles southeast, up to 1"); Marshall (16 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 West Terre Haute 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.
Wind reports
2 reports“(IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm 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 Clinton and North Terre Haute — beyond West Terre Haute itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for West Terre Haute 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
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 101 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 101 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 $21 on top of the $150 plan.
West Terre Haute hail history
Other storms in West Terre Haute.
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 3, 2026
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