Hail in Toulon Apr 2, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature54
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Toulon 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 35 /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 Toulon 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 Apr 2, 2026 sits in Toulon's hail record
This was Toulon's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Toulon at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Toulon: the same system put hail over 160 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Williamsfield (6 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); La Fayette (6 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Brimfield (14 miles south, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Toulon's Apr 2, 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.
For this storm over Toulon, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1.25" hail means for Toulon roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$648K
Potential roof exposure — 54 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Toulon on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Toulon, IL
Other storms in Toulon
Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
May 15, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
2.5"
Mar 15, 2026
0.75"
Mar 10, 2026
1.25"