The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Newton this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft375
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1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
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 Feb 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Newton, so there is one map to show, not two.
This was Newton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 42 days after the Jan 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Newton at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Newton: the same system put hail over 64 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Wheeler (9 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Willow Hill (13 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Hidalgo (14 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Newton's Feb 19, 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.
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.
“EF-0... Peak wind speed 70 mph... Path length .65 miles. NWS Survey team found evidence a tornado occurred 3 miles southwest of Yale... IL. Evidence was seen along side (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Yale — beyond Newton itself.
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$4.5M
Potential roof exposure — 375 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Newton storm history — this Feb 19, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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9 recorded storm days in Newton, IL
Jul 26, 2026
0.5"
Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Jun 17, 2026
1"
May 3, 2026
Apr 27, 2026
1.5"
Mar 22, 2026
1.75"
Mar 4, 2026
1"
Jan 8, 2026
1.75"