Tornado Rating unknown
3 NE Vernon Fayette County
“Report of a tornado touchdown near Pittsburgh and Vernon. (LSX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Vernon Jun 21, 2026
Hit 43 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Vernon this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
192
Ground reports
2
2 tornadoThe 4th most severe storm Vernon 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.
3.3 /10
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 46 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Vernon saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Vernon, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 21, 2026 sits in Vernon's hail record
This was Vernon's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Vernon at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Vernon: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 27 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Kinmundy (11 miles east, up to 0.75"); Sandoval (15 miles south, up to 0.75"); Farina (16 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Vernon's Jun 21, 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.
Tornado reports
2 reports Tornado Rating unknown
3 W Saint Paul Fayette County
“Corrects previous funnel cloud report from 3 W Saint Paul. Report of funnel cloud from Fox 2 Storm Runner broadcast. Funnel reportedly touched ground briefly. (LSX)”
— 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
Hail was reported over 78 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Saint Paul — beyond Vernon itself.
What 0.75" hail means for Vernon 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
$2.3M
Potential roof exposure — 192 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Vernon on the live map
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Vernon hail history
← All hail in Vernon 6 recorded storm days in Vernon, IL
Other storms in Vernon
Jul 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 22, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
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.