Hail in Lemont · Jul 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Lemont 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
- 70 /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 Lemont 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Lemont's hail record.
This was Lemont's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jun 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lemont at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lemont: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 215 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Willow Springs (5 miles east, up to 1.5"); Lisle (9 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Wheaton (9 miles northwest, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Lemont 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.
For this storm over Lemont, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Lemont 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
$38M
Potential roof exposure — 3,208 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,208 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $674 on top of the $150 plan.
Lemont hail history
Other storms in Lemont.
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface May 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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