Hail in East Peoria · Sep 15, 2026
Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm East Peoria 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
- 65 /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 East Peoria saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over East Peoria, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in East Peoria's hail record.
This was East Peoria's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 33 days after the Aug 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over East Peoria at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than East Peoria: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Metamora (5 miles east, up to 0.5"); Peoria (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Edwards (10 miles west, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 East Peoria 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.
For this storm over East Peoria, 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for East Peoria 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
$22M
Potential roof exposure — 1,794 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 1,794 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $377 on top of the $150 plan.
East Peoria hail history
Other storms in East Peoria.
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
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