The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Yale that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Feb 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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.
Estimated size field 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Yale, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was Yale'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 Yale at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Yale: the same system put hail over 64 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Willow Hill (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Hidalgo (11 miles west, up to 1"); West York (13 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Yale 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
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.
“EF-0... Peak wind speed 70 mph... Path length .65 miles. NWS Survey team found evidence a tornado occurred 3 miles southwest of Yale... IL. Evidence was seen along side (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report. Time estimated by radar. Report relayed by broadcast media. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked northeast at roughly 5 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 79 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Bellair — beyond Yale itself.
High damage potential
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
Potential roof exposure
$5.1M
Potential roof exposure — 428 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 428 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
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 $90 on top of the $150 plan.
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