Hail in Carthage Apr 2, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature62
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Carthage has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Carthage saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
Where Apr 2, 2026 sits in Carthage's hail record
This was Carthage's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Mar 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Carthage at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Carthage: the same system put hail over 160 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Illinois. Nearest: La Harpe (6 miles northeast, up to 1"); Dallas City (10 miles north, up to 1"); Tennessee (11 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Carthage's Apr 2, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
For this storm over Carthage, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1" hail means for Carthage roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$744K
Potential roof exposure — 62 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Carthage on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Carthage, IL
Other storms in Carthage
Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Jun 17, 2026
1"
Jun 11, 2026
1.25"
Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
May 4, 2026
1"
Apr 27, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
3.25"
Apr 13, 2026
1"
Mar 26, 2026