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Hail in O Fallon · Apr 27, 2026

NEXRAD logged 14 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 4,609
Ground reports 6 6 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm O Fallon has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

6.0 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
73 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How O Fallon saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 27, 2026 · O Fallon, MO

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over O Fallon, MO on Apr 27, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1.75" Detections 14
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over O Fallon, MO on Apr 27, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in O Fallon's hail record.

This was O Fallon's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over O Fallon at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than O Fallon: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 305 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Moscow Mills (5 miles west, up to 2"); Winfield (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Golden Eagle (11 miles east, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 O Fallon 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

6 reports filed with the NWS

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.

Hail reports

6 reports
Hail size 1.25"
3 NE O'Fallon St. Charles County

“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (LSX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 NW Saint Peters St. Charles County

“(LSX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 NNE O'Fallon St. Charles County

“(LSX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 NNE O'Fallon St. Charles County

“(LSX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 WNW O'Fallon St. Charles County

“(LSX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 E O'Fallon St. Charles County

“Near Mexico Road and Salt Lick. (LSX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from O'Fallon and Saint Peters — beyond O Fallon itself.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for O Fallon roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

4,609 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$55M

Potential roof exposure — 4,609 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
23 jobs
Illustrative work
~$345K

Close just 0.5% of the 4,609 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 $968 on top of the $150 plan.

O Fallon hail history

3 recorded storm days in O Fallon, MO

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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.