Hail in Freeport Jun 24, 2026
Hit 40 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Freeport this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft218
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Freeport 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Freeport 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 Jun 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Freeport, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 24, 2026 sits in Freeport's hail record
This was Freeport's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 68 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Freeport at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Freeport: the same system put hail over 383 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Orangeville (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Lena (8 miles west, up to 0.5"); Ridott (12 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Freeport's Jun 24, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Freeport. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Freeport roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$2.6M
Potential roof exposure — 218 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Freeport on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Freeport, IL
Other storms in Freeport
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jul 2, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
2.5"
Apr 14, 2026
0.75"
Apr 2, 2026
1"
Mar 10, 2026
1.25"