Hail size 1"
4 W Rochelle Ogle County
“relayed by broadcast media. time estimated by radar. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Lee
Hail in Ashton · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ashton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 188
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Ashton has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 46 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Ashton saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 14, 2026 · Ashton, IL
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ashton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Ashton's hail record.
This was Ashton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 35 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ashton at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ashton: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Rochelle (10 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Lee (10 miles east, up to 0.5"); Oregon (15 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Ashton 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
1 report 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm 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.
Reports came from Rochelle — beyond Ashton itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Ashton roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
188 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.3M
Potential roof exposure — 188 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 188 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 $39 on top of the $150 plan.
Ashton hail history
Other storms in Ashton.
4 recorded storm days in Ashton, IL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashton / IL
Aug 9, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashton / IL
Jul 3, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashton / IL
Mar 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 10, 2026.