Hail in Red Bud Mar 4, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 2 hail signatures up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature128
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Red Bud 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 42 /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 Red Bud 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 4, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Mar 4, 2026 sits in Red Bud's hail record
This was Red Bud's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Red Bud at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Red Bud: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Marissa (14 miles east, up to 1.25"); Bloomsdale (19 miles southwest, up to 0"); Okawville (24 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Red Bud's Mar 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Red Bud for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.75" hail means for Red Bud roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$1.5M
Potential roof exposure — 128 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Red Bud on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Red Bud, IL
Other storms in Red Bud
Jul 10, 2026
1"
Jul 9, 2026
0.5"
Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Jul 3, 2026
2"
May 31, 2026
1"
Apr 27, 2026
1"
Mar 22, 2026
0.5"