“Pea to quarter size hail for about 4 minutes and covering the ground. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Casey · Feb 19, 2026
Convective day · Feb 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Casey 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /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 Casey saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Casey, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 19, 2026 sits in Casey's hail record.
This was Casey's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Casey at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Casey: the same system put hail over 64 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Greenup (5 miles west, up to 0.5"); Martinsville (9 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); West York (13 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Casey 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.
Hail reports
1 reportNear the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Casey 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.
Potential roof exposure
$28M
Potential roof exposure — 2,323 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 12 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$180K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,323 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
February 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 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 $488 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
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