Wind gust 70 mph
3 SW Burbank Cook County
“Peak wind gust of 70 mph. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cook
Hail in Bridgeview · Jul 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 21 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 25,276
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Bridgeview has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 88 /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 Bridgeview saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 3, 2026 · Bridgeview, IL
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
1.5"
Detections
21
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
0.75"
The storm in context
Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Bridgeview's hail record.
This was Bridgeview's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bridgeview at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bridgeview: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 215 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Palos Hills (0 miles north, up to 1.5"); Willow Springs (5 miles west, up to 1.5"); Tinley Park (7 miles south, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Bridgeview 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.
Wind 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 Burbank — beyond Bridgeview itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Bridgeview 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.
25,276 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$303M
Potential roof exposure — 25,276 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 126 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.9M
Close just 0.5% of the 25,276 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $5,308 on top of the $150 plan.
Bridgeview hail history
Other storms in Bridgeview.
2 recorded storm days in Bridgeview, IL
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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 1, 2026.