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Hail in Cape Coral · Jul 14, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cape Coral that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,790
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jul 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 8th most severe storm Cape Coral has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.8 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
65 /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 Cape Coral saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 14, 2026 · Cape Coral, FL

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cape Coral, FL on Jul 14, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cape Coral, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 14, 2026 sits in Cape Coral's hail record.

This was Cape Coral's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cape Coral at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cape Coral: the same system put hail over 130 other tracked cities, 14 of them in Florida. Nearest: Bokeelia (13 miles west, up to 0.75"); Captiva (16 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Bonita Springs (21 miles southeast, up to 0.5").

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

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Cape Coral. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Cape Coral roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,790 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$21M

Potential roof exposure — 1,790 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
9 jobs
Illustrative work
~$135K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,790 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

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 $376 on top of the $150 plan.

Cape Coral hail history

11 recorded storm days in Cape Coral, FL

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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.