Hail in Hoffman Estates · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hoffman Estates that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Hoffman Estates 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 89 /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 Hoffman Estates 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.
Estimated size field 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 Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hoffman Estates, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Hoffman Estates's hail record.
This was Hoffman Estates's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hoffman Estates at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hoffman Estates: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Arlington Heights (5 miles east, up to 1"); Barrington (5 miles west, up to 0.75"); Lake Zurich (7 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Hoffman Estates 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Hoffman Estates for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Hoffman Estates roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$333M
Potential roof exposure — 27,731 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 139 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$2.1M
Close just 0.5% of the 27,731 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $5,824 on top of the $150 plan.
Hoffman Estates hail history
Other storms in Hoffman Estates.
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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