Hail in Dade City · May 12, 2026
NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Dade City 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
- 55 /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 Dade City saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 12, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 12, 2026 sits in Dade City's hail record.
This was Dade City's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 58 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dade City at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dade City: the same system put hail over 18 other tracked cities, 13 of them in Florida. Nearest: Haines City (37 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Orlando (43 miles east, up to 3"); Longwood (50 miles east, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Dade City 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.
For this storm over Dade City, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Dade City 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
$6.9M
Potential roof exposure — 574 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 574 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 $121 on top of the $150 plan.
Dade City hail history
Other storms in Dade City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 22, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 27, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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