Hail in Avon Park · Jul 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 8 hail signatures up to 1.5"; 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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Convective day · Jul 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Avon Park 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /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 Avon Park saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 26, 2026 sits in Avon Park's hail record.
This was Avon Park's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Avon Park at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Avon Park: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Florida. Nearest: Frostproof (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Babson Park (15 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Lorida (24 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Avon Park 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 Avon Park. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Avon Park roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$420K
Potential roof exposure — 35 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
Avon Park hail history
Other storms in Avon Park.
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jun 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 25, 2026
2"
NEXRAD surface Mar 16, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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