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Hail in Dalton City · Jun 17, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dalton City that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,713
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jun 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Dalton City has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.6 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
65 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Dalton City saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 17, 2026 · Dalton City, IL

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dalton City, IL on Jun 17, 2026 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.

Max size 2"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Dalton City, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 17, 2026 sits in Dalton City's hail record.

This was Dalton City's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 51 days after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dalton City at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jun 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dalton City: the same system put hail over 294 other tracked cities, 134 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Lovington (8 miles east, up to 2.75"); Macon (8 miles west, up to 1.75"); Sullivan (11 miles southeast, up to 3").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Dalton City 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

No reports 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Dalton City for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Dalton City roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,713 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$21M

Potential roof exposure — 1,713 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
9 jobs
Illustrative work
~$135K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,713 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

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $360 on top of the $150 plan.

Dalton City hail history

6 recorded storm days in Dalton City, 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 22, 2026.