Hail in Mount Carroll · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mount Carroll that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Mount Carroll 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /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 Mount Carroll 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mount Carroll, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Mount Carroll's hail record.
This was Mount Carroll's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Apr 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mount Carroll at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mount Carroll: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Kent (15 miles north, up to 1"); Pearl City (15 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Hanover (17 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Mount Carroll 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Mount Carroll. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Mount Carroll roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$6.6M
Potential roof exposure — 546 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 546 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $115 on top of the $150 plan.
Mount Carroll hail history
Other storms in Mount Carroll.
NEXRAD surface Jul 9, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
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