Hail in Morris · Apr 2, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 2, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Morris 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
- 0 /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 Morris 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 2, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 2, 2026 sits in Morris's hail record.
This was Morris's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Mar 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Morris at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Morris: the same system put hail over 160 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Seneca (12 miles northwest, up to 0"); Minooka (14 miles north, up to 0"); Sheridan (17 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Morris 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Morris for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Morris 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
Morris hail history
Other storms in Morris.
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jun 5, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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