Hail size 1"
4 E Fisher Champaign County
“Quarter size hail in Dewey IL. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Champaign
Hail in Rantoul · Mar 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. 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 · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 14
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Mar 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Rantoul has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 24 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Rantoul saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 26, 2026 · Rantoul, IL
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
0.75"
Detections
1
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0"
The storm in context
Where Mar 26, 2026 sits in Rantoul's hail record.
This was Rantoul's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rantoul at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rantoul: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Ludlow (9 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Urbana (11 miles south, up to 1.75"); Champaign (12 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Rantoul 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
1 report 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm 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.
Reports came from Fisher — beyond Rantoul itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Rantoul 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.
14 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$168K
Potential roof exposure — 14 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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.
Rantoul hail history
Other storms in Rantoul.
4 recorded storm days in Rantoul, IL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rantoul / IL
Jul 27, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Rantoul / IL
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Rantoul / IL
Mar 31, 2026
No ground reports filed 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 3, 2026.