Hail size 1.25"
1 NE DeKalb De Kalb County
“Public report of hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Sycamore Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Sycamore this day.
Largest hailstone
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
9,694
Ground reports
5
5 hailThe most severe storm Sycamore has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.4 /10
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 80 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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 Sycamore 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
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
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Sycamore, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Sycamore's hail record
This was Sycamore's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sycamore at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sycamore: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Genoa (7 miles north, up to 0.75"); Maple Park (8 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Kingston (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Sycamore's Apr 14, 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.
Hail reports
5 reports Hail size 1"
1 E DeKalb De Kalb County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 N DeKalb De Kalb County
“(LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NW DeKalb De Kalb County
“Pea to quarter size hail reported in DeKalb. Time estimated via radar. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
DeKalb De Kalb County
“Picture shared of 1.0-1.25 inch hail in Dekalb. Time estimated via radar. (LOT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Dekalb — beyond Sycamore itself.
What 0.75" hail means for Sycamore 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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$116M
Potential roof exposure — 9,694 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
48 jobs
Illustrative work
~$720K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Sycamore on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Sycamore storm history — this Apr 14, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Sycamore hail history
← All hail in Sycamore 3 recorded storm days in Sycamore, IL
Other storms in Sycamore
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.