“CORRECTS TIME OF WHEN TORNADO OCCURRED. EF0... PEAK WIND SPEED 75 MPH... PATH LENGTH 3.0 MILES. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF THE CLAY AND EFFINGHAM COUNTY LIN (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Edgewood Feb 19, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Edgewood this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft897
4
4 tornadoThe most severe storm Edgewood has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Edgewood 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.
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 Feb 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Edgewood, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Feb 19, 2026 sits in Edgewood's hail record
This was Edgewood's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Edgewood at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Edgewood: the same system put hail over 64 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Farina (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Mason (8 miles east, up to 1.5"); Dieterich (11 miles northeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Edgewood's Feb 19, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Tornado reports
4 reports“EF0... peak wind speed 75 mph... path length 3.0 miles. The tornado touched down just south of the Clay and Effingham county line... near the Edgewood Rd. curve... and (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Corrects previous tornado report from Mason. Corrected location. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“EF-U tornado briefly occurred in a field. Confirmed from chaser video. Delayed report. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 182 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Mason — beyond Edgewood itself.
What 1.25" hail means for Edgewood roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 897 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Edgewood on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Edgewood, IL
Other storms in Edgewood
Jun 25, 2026
0.75"
Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Jun 17, 2026
0.75"
May 16, 2026
1.5"
May 3, 2026
1"
Apr 27, 2026
1"
Mar 4, 2026
2.25"