Storm report · DeSoto

Hail in Arcadia May 2, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 10 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

1.75"

≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

132

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Arcadia 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.

3.7 /10

Hail size: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 42 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Arcadia 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-signature map of the hail storm over Arcadia, FL on May 2, 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 1.75" Detections 10

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on May 2, 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 0.75"

The storm in context

Where May 2, 2026 sits in Arcadia's hail record

This was Arcadia's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 30 days after the Apr 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 20 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Arcadia at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Arcadia: the same system put hail over 17 other tracked cities, 15 of them in Florida. Nearest: Punta Gorda (15 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); North Port (23 miles west, up to 1.75"); Myakka City (28 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills from Arcadia's May 2, 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.

For this storm over Arcadia, 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.

Widespread claimable damage

What 1.75" hail means for Arcadia roofs

At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$1.6M

Potential roof exposure — 132 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 132 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 May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

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Arcadia hail history

20 recorded storm days in Arcadia, FL

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