Hail in Bunnell · Mar 16, 2026
Convective day · Mar 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Bunnell 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /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 Bunnell 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 Mar 16, 2026 sits in Bunnell's hail record.
This was Bunnell's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bunnell at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bunnell: the same system put hail over 58 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Florida. Nearest: Seville (12 miles west, up to 1"); Crescent City (14 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Deland (22 miles south, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Bunnell 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 Bunnell. 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 1.75" hail means for Bunnell 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
$59M
Potential roof exposure — 4,928 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 25 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$375K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,928 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $1,035 on top of the $150 plan.
Bunnell hail history
Other storms in Bunnell.
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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