Hail in Monticello · Apr 14, 2026
Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Monticello 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /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 Monticello 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.
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 Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Monticello, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Monticello's hail record.
This was Monticello's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Mar 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Monticello at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Monticello: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 37 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Monon (8 miles west, up to 0.5"); Royal Center (10 miles east, up to 1"); Delphi (14 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Monticello 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.
For this storm over Monticello, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Monticello roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$48M
Potential roof exposure — 4,008 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 20 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$300K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,008 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $842 on top of the $150 plan.
Monticello hail history
Other storms in Monticello.
Estimated-size surface Sep 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
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