The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bloomington 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
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bloomington, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was Bloomington's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bloomington at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bloomington: the same system put hail over 64 other tracked cities, 18 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Nashville (8 miles east, up to 0.75"); Solsberry (11 miles west, up to 1"); Spencer (17 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Bloomington 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.
“An EF-2 tornado with peak wind speeds of 120 mph and a path length of 3.73 miles began at this location. The maximum path width was 440 yards with the tornado impacting (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Corrects previous hail report from Woodville Hills. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report. Time estimated from radar. Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report. Deck was covered with quarter inch stones with full one inch stones mixed in about 1 to 2 per square foot. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Bloomington Monroe County Airport. (IND)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 60 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Woodville Hills and Whitehall — beyond Bloomington itself.
Near the severe threshold
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
Potential roof exposure
$234M
Potential roof exposure — 19,477 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 19,477 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 $4,090 on top of the $150 plan.
Bloomington hail history
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