Hail in Cape Coral · May 18, 2026
NEXRAD logged 6 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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Convective day · May 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Cape Coral 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 49 /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 Cape Coral saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Cape Coral's hail record.
This was Cape Coral's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cape Coral at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cape Coral: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Florida. Nearest: Naples (35 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Venice (36 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Immokalee (54 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Cape Coral 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Cape Coral for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Cape Coral 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.
Potential roof exposure
$3.2M
Potential roof exposure — 267 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 267 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $56 on top of the $150 plan.
Cape Coral hail history
Other storms in Cape Coral.
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 2, 2026
1.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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