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Hail in Arcadia · Aug 5, 2026

Hit 38 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 103
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 16th most severe storm Arcadia has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
40 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Arcadia saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 5, 2026 · Arcadia, FL

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 Arcadia, FL on Aug 5, 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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Aug 5, 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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Arcadia's hail record.

This was Arcadia's 21st recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Jul 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 16th of the 24 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Arcadia at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Arcadia: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 25 of them in Florida. Nearest: Punta Gorda (21 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Bowling Green (35 miles north, up to 0.5"); Fort Myers (37 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 24 Arcadia 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

No 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.

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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Arcadia roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

103 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.2M

Potential roof exposure — 103 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 103 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $22 on top of the $150 plan.

Arcadia hail history

24 recorded storm days in Arcadia, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Sep 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Sep 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Aug 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jul 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jul 26, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jul 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jul 22, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jul 11, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jul 10, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jul 7, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jul 3, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 30, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 29, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 27, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Jun 12, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on May 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

May 15, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on May 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

May 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Apr 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Apr 2, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Mar 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Mar 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Mar 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 Sep 10, 2026.