Hail in Leland May 4, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 3 hail signatures up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature282
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Leland 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 49 /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 Leland 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 4, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 4, 2026 sits in Leland's hail record
This was Leland's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Apr 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Leland at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Leland: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 239 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Somonauk (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Earlville (11 miles west, up to 0.75"); Ottawa (14 miles south, up to 2").
These maps are stills from Leland's May 4, 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 Leland. 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 0.75" hail means for Leland roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$3.4M
Potential roof exposure — 282 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Leland on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Leland, IL
Other storms in Leland
Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Apr 2, 2026
1"
Mar 31, 2026
0.75"
Mar 10, 2026
1.25"