The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Yale this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
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2 hail · 1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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 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.
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 from Yale's Feb 19, 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.
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
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.
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
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Potential roof exposure — 428 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Yale storm history — this Feb 19, 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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3 recorded storm days in Yale, IL
