“Time estimated via radar. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Lisle · Mar 30, 2026
Convective day · Mar 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Lisle 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 88 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Lisle saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Mar 30, 2026 sits in Lisle's hail record.
This was Lisle's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Mar 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lisle at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lisle: the same system put hail over 313 other tracked cities, 70 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Downers Grove (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); Naperville (6 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Bolingbrook (7 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Lisle 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.
Hail reports
2 reports“Photo shared via office service account showed hail ranging from 1 to 1.25 inches in diameter. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 27 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Naperville — beyond Lisle itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Lisle roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$316M
Potential roof exposure — 26,345 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 132 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$2M
Close just 0.5% of the 26,345 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $5,532 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
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