Hail in Altoona · Jul 12, 2026
NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Altoona 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
- 0 /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 Altoona 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 12, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 12, 2026 sits in Altoona's hail record.
This was Altoona's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Altoona at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Altoona: the same system put hail over 367 other tracked cities, 46 of them in Florida. Nearest: Astor (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Deland (12 miles east, up to 0.5"); Lady Lake (19 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Altoona 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Altoona. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Altoona 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
Altoona hail history
Other storms in Altoona.
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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