Hail in Cedar Key · Jul 30, 2026
NEXRAD logged 9 hail signatures up to 0.75"; 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 · Jul 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Cedar Key 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Cedar Key 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 30, 2026 sits in Cedar Key's hail record.
This was Cedar Key's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cedar Key at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cedar Key: the same system put hail over 432 other tracked cities, 69 of them in Florida. Nearest: Chiefland (15 miles northeast, up to 1"); Morriston (24 miles east, up to 0.5"); Archer (28 miles northeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Cedar Key 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Cedar Key. 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 Cedar Key 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
Cedar Key hail history
Other storms in Cedar Key.
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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