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Hail in Arcadia · Sep 9, 2026

Hit 3 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Arcadia that day. 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 899
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Arcadia has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.2 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
59 /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

Sep 9, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arcadia, FL on Sep 9, 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"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Arcadia, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 9, 2026 sits in Arcadia's hail record.

This was Arcadia's 24th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Aug 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th 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 Sep 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Arcadia: the same system put hail over 71 other tracked cities, 3 of them in Florida. Nearest: Punta Gorda (21 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Zolfo Springs (28 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Fort Myers (37 miles south, up to 0.5").

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Arcadia. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

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.

899 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$11M

Potential roof exposure — 899 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K

Close just 0.5% of the 899 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $189 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 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 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.