Hail in Kell · Sep 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Kell that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Kell 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /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 Kell 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 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Kell, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 18, 2026 sits in Kell's hail record.
This was Kell's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 125 days after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kell at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kell: the same system put hail over 157 other tracked cities, 21 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Fairfield (23 miles east, up to 0.5"); Louisville (26 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); West Salem (43 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Kell 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Kell. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Kell roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$960K
Potential roof exposure — 80 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $17 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jan 8, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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