Hail size 1.5"
Boody Macon County
“Corrects previous hail report from Boody. Photo of ping pong size hail with a ruler. Time estimated from radar. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Macon
Hail in Macon · Jun 17, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Macon that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,182
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jun 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Macon has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 61 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Macon saw the hail — from two instruments
Jun 17, 2026 · Macon, IL
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Macon, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 17, 2026 sits in Macon's hail record.
This was Macon's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 51 days after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Macon at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Macon: the same system put hail over 294 other tracked cities, 134 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Dalton City (8 miles east, up to 2"); Decatur (11 miles north, up to 2.75"); Blue Mound (11 miles west, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Macon 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
3 reports filed with the NWS
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
3 reports Hail size 1.75"
Boody Macon County
“Golf ball size hail near route 48 outside of Boody. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Boody Macon County
“Photo of ping pong size hail with a ruler. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 60 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Boody — beyond Macon itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Macon 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.
1,182 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$14M
Potential roof exposure — 1,182 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 6 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$90K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,182 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $248 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Macon / IL
Aug 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Macon / IL
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Macon / IL
Apr 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Macon / IL
Mar 26, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Macon / IL
Mar 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 22, 2026.