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Hail in Arcadia · Aug 26, 2026

Hit 17 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 2
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 21st most severe storm Arcadia has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.0 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
10 /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 26, 2026 · Arcadia, FL

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 Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Arcadia, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Radar signature field

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" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated size field

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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 26, 2026 sits in Arcadia's hail record.

This was Arcadia's 22nd recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Aug 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 21st 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 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Arcadia: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Florida. Nearest: Zolfo Springs (28 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Venus (32 miles east, up to 0.5"); Alva (37 miles southeast, 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Arcadia for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

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.

2 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$24K

Potential roof exposure — 2 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $0 on top of the $150 plan.

Arcadia hail history

Other storms in Arcadia.

24 recorded storm days in Arcadia, FL
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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 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arcadia / FL

Aug 5, 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.