Hail in Scales Mound · Mar 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Scales Mound that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Scales Mound 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Scales Mound saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Scales Mound, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in Scales Mound's hail record.
This was Scales Mound's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Scales Mound at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Scales Mound: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 100 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Galena (7 miles south, up to 1"); Stockton (14 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Elizabeth (15 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Scales Mound 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 Scales Mound. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Scales Mound roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$9.4M
Potential roof exposure — 783 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 783 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
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 $164 on top of the $150 plan.
Scales Mound hail history
Other storms in Scales Mound.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
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