Hail in Lagrange · Aug 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lagrange that day. At 2" — 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.
Convective day · Aug 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Lagrange 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
- 50 /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 Lagrange saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lagrange, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 26, 2026 sits in Lagrange's hail record.
This was Lagrange's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lagrange at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lagrange: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Cheyenne (46 miles southwest, up to 2"); Livermore (69 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Laporte (71 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Lagrange 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Lagrange for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Lagrange 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.
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
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 $21 on top of the $150 plan.
Lagrange hail history
Other storms in Lagrange.
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
2.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
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