Wind gust 96 mph
2 NNW Shorewood Will County
“Private weather station. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Will
Hail in Plainfield · Aug 11, 2026
Hit 32 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Plainfield that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 37,728
Ground reports 4 4 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Plainfield has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 92 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Plainfield saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 11, 2026 · Plainfield, IL
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Plainfield, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 11, 2026 sits in Plainfield's hail record.
This was Plainfield's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jul 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Plainfield at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Plainfield: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 124 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Romeoville (8 miles east, up to 0.75"); Yorkville (10 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Bolingbrook (10 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Plainfield 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
4 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Wind reports
4 reports Wind gust 62 mph
2 NW Plainfield Will County
“Private weather station: 2.3 NW Plainfield. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 88 mph
2 NW Plainfield Will County
“Second personal weather station measured an 88 mph wind gust in Plainfield. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 88 mph
2 NW Plainfield Will County
“Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 2 NW Plainfield. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 12 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Shorewood — beyond Plainfield itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Plainfield 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.
37,728 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$453M
Potential roof exposure — 37,728 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 189 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$2.8M
Close just 0.5% of the 37,728 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $7,923 on top of the $150 plan.
Plainfield hail history
Other storms in Plainfield.
7 recorded storm days in Plainfield, IL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainfield / IL
Jul 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1" Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainfield / IL
Jul 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Plainfield / IL
Apr 2, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainfield / IL
Mar 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainfield / IL
Mar 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Plainfield / IL
Mar 10, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
4 ground reports Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 12, 2026.