Hail in Owaneco · Mar 31, 2026
Convective day · Mar 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Owaneco 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
- 16 /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 Owaneco 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 31, 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 Mar 31, 2026 sits in Owaneco's hail record.
This was Owaneco's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Mar 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Owaneco at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Owaneco: the same system put hail over 522 other tracked cities, 114 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Edinburg (15 miles north, up to 0"); Mount Auburn (21 miles north, up to 1"); Raymond (21 miles southwest, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Owaneco 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Owaneco. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Owaneco 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
$60K
Potential roof exposure — 5 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $1 on top of the $150 plan.
Owaneco hail history
Other storms in Owaneco.
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface May 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
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