Hail size 2.5"
1 SSE Milford Iroquois County
“Photo relayed by broadcast media shows hailstones ranging in size from golf ball to tennis ball size. Time estimated by radar. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Iroquois
Hail in Milford · Jul 27, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,656
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Milford has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /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 Milford saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 27, 2026 · Milford, IL
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Milford's hail record.
This was Milford's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Milford at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Milford: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 130 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Watseka (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Hoopeston (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Cissna Park (10 miles west, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Milford 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
2 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
2 reports Hail size 1.25"
Milford Iroquois County
“Photo relayed by social media depicts hail up ranging in size from 1 to 1.25 inches in diameter. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Milford 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.
1,656 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,656 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,656 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 $348 on top of the $150 plan.
Milford hail history
Other storms in Milford.
8 recorded storm days in Milford, IL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IL
Aug 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IL
Aug 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IL
Aug 11, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IL
Aug 9, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IL
Jul 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IL
Apr 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IL
Mar 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
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 14, 2026.