Storm report · Lewis

Hail in Monticello Apr 27, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 8 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.

Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

166

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Monticello has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.2 /10
Hail size
19 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
44 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Monticello saw the hail — from two instruments

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Monticello, MO on Apr 27, 2026

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 0.75" Detections 8
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Monticello, MO on Apr 27, 2026

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0"
The storm in context

Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Monticello's hail record

This was Monticello's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Monticello at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Monticello: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 305 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Canton (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Williamstown (6 miles northwest, up to 1"); La Belle (13 miles southwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills from Monticello's Apr 27, 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.

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 Monticello. 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 Monticello roofs

Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$2M

Potential roof exposure — 166 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 166 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.
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.

Track hail over Monticello on the live map

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Monticello hail history

6 recorded storm days in Monticello, MO

← All hail in Monticello

Other storms in Monticello

A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.