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Hail in Bradenton · Jun 29, 2026

NEXRAD logged 11 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 1,243
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Bradenton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.0 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
62 /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 Bradenton saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 29, 2026 · Bradenton, 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 Bradenton, FL on Jun 29, 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 1" Detections 11
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on Jun 29, 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 Jun 29, 2026 sits in Bradenton's hail record.

This was Bradenton's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bradenton at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bradenton: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Florida. Nearest: Myakka City (7 miles southeast, up to 2"); Ona (25 miles east, up to 1"); Mulberry (30 miles northeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Bradenton 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 Bradenton, 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.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Bradenton roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,243 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$15M

Potential roof exposure — 1,243 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
6 jobs
Illustrative work
~$90K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,243 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

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $261 on top of the $150 plan.

Bradenton hail history

17 recorded storm days in Bradenton, FL
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

Aug 29, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

Aug 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

Aug 14, 2026

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

Aug 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

Aug 6, 2026

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

Jul 26, 2026

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

Jul 24, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on Jul 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

Jul 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

Jun 30, 2026

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

Jun 27, 2026

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

Jun 11, 2026

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

May 26, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on May 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

May 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on May 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

May 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bradenton, FL on May 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bradenton / FL

May 2, 2026

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

Mar 25, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
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 Aug 30, 2026.