Hail in East Saint Louis · Oct 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over East Saint Louis that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm East Saint Louis 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
- 82 /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 Saint Louis 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.
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 Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over East Saint Louis, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in East Saint Louis's hail record.
This was East Saint Louis's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 95 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over East Saint Louis at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than East Saint Louis: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Illinois. Nearest: East Carondelet (9 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Saint Louis (11 miles west, up to 0.75"); Fenton (23 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 East Saint Louis 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 East Saint Louis. 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for East Saint Louis 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
$146M
Potential roof exposure — 12,155 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 61 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$915K
Close just 0.5% of the 12,155 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $2,553 on top of the $150 plan.
East Saint Louis hail history
Other storms in East Saint Louis.
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
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