Hail in Byron · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Byron that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Byron 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
- 51 /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 Byron 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 Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Byron, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Byron's hail record.
This was Byron's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Byron at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Byron: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Leaf River (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Brodhead (21 miles north, up to 0.5"); Lanark (32 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Byron 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Byron. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Byron 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
$4.2M
Potential roof exposure — 346 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 346 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 $73 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 15, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
NEXRAD surface Apr 13, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 30, 2026
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