Hail in Springfield · Feb 4, 2026
Convective day · Feb 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Springfield 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 23 /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 Springfield saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 4, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Springfield, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 4, 2026 sits in Springfield's hail record.
This was Springfield's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jan 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Springfield at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
Springfield was the only tracked city this system reached on Feb 4, 2026 — a locally confined cell rather than a regional outbreak.
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Springfield 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 Springfield. 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Springfield roofs.
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
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$156K
Potential roof exposure — 13 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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.
Springfield hail history
Other storms in Springfield.
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jan 18, 2026
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