Hail in Mount Sterling May 4, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,526
0
none filedThe most severe storm Mount Sterling has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Mount Sterling 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.
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.
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.
Where May 4, 2026 sits in Mount Sterling's hail record
This was Mount Sterling's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mount Sterling at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mount Sterling: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 239 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Rushville (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Timewell (9 miles southwest, up to 1"); Clayton (11 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Mount Sterling's May 4, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
For this storm over Mount Sterling, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1.75" hail means for Mount Sterling roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$18M
Potential roof exposure — 1,526 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Mount Sterling on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Mount Sterling, IL
Other storms in Mount Sterling
Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
May 16, 2026
1.5"
Apr 27, 2026
0.5"
Apr 17, 2026
1"
Mar 15, 2026
0.5"
Mar 3, 2026
0.5"