Hail in Louisville · Sep 5, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Louisville that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Louisville 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
- 70 /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 Louisville 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 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Louisville, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Louisville's hail record.
This was Louisville's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 20 days after the Aug 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Louisville at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Louisville: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Kentucky. Nearest: Vine Grove (39 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Cecilia (43 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Big Clifty (51 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Louisville 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 Louisville. 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 Louisville 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
$39M
Potential roof exposure — 3,219 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,219 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 $676 on top of the $150 plan.
Louisville hail history
Other storms in Louisville.
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jun 26, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface May 3, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
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