Hail in Springfield · Sep 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Springfield that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Springfield 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
- 64 /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 Springfield saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Springfield, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in Springfield's hail record.
This was Springfield's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Aug 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Springfield at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Springfield: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Jacksonville (25 miles west, up to 0.5"); Elkhart (25 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); San Jose (42 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Springfield 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Springfield. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Springfield 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
$19M
Potential roof exposure — 1,592 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,592 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $334 on top of the $150 plan.
Springfield hail history
Other storms in Springfield.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Apr 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 3, 2026
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