Hail in Dundee · Jul 3, 2026
Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Dundee 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Dundee 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.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Dundee's hail record.
This was Dundee's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jun 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dundee at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dundee: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 215 of them in Illinois. Nearest: West Dundee (0 miles north, up to 1.75"); Barrington (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); South Barrington (5 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Dundee 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Dundee. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Dundee 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
Dundee hail history
Other storms in Dundee.
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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