Hail in Sesser Jul 8, 2026
Hit 26 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 31 hail signatures up to 2.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2.25"
≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,335
0
none filedThe most severe storm Sesser 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
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 63 /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 Sesser 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.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Sesser's hail record
This was Sesser's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sesser at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sesser: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 51 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Benton (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Scheller (7 miles north, up to 1.5"); Ina (8 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Sesser's Jul 8, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Sesser. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 2.25" hail means for Sesser roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$16M
Potential roof exposure — 1,335 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Sesser on the live map
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4 recorded storm days in Sesser, IL
