Hail in Willow Hill · Feb 19, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Willow Hill that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Feb 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Willow Hill 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
- 33 /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 Willow Hill 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.
Estimated size field 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Willow Hill, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 19, 2026 sits in Willow Hill's hail record.
This was Willow Hill's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Willow Hill at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Willow Hill: the same system put hail over 64 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Yale (7 miles north, up to 1.5"); Oblong (9 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Robinson (11 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Willow Hill 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 Willow Hill. 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 Willow Hill 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
$516K
Potential roof exposure — 43 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
February 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 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 $9 on top of the $150 plan.
Willow Hill hail history
Other storms in Willow Hill.
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
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