Hail in Belleair Jul 16, 2026
Hit 18 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Belleair this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft9,043
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Belleair has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 79 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Belleair saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Belleair, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 16, 2026 sits in Belleair's hail record
This was Belleair's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Belleair at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Belleair: the same system put hail over 206 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Florida. Nearest: Largo (0 miles north, up to 0.5"); Madeira Beach (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Saint Petersburg (7 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Belleair's Jul 16, 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.
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 Belleair. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Belleair roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$109M
Potential roof exposure — 9,043 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Belleair on the live map
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2 recorded storm days in Belleair, FL
