Hail in Christmas · Jun 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 23 hail signatures up to 1.25"; 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 · Jun 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Christmas 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /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 Christmas 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 Jun 29, 2026 sits in Christmas's hail record.
This was Christmas's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Christmas at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Christmas: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Florida. Nearest: Titusville (14 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Rockledge (18 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Winter Springs (23 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Christmas 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 Christmas. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Christmas 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
$420K
Potential roof exposure — 35 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
Christmas hail history
Other storms in Christmas.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 31, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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