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Hail in Davenport · Mar 15, 2026

NEXRAD logged 42 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 7,881
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Davenport has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.6 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

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

Homes exposed
78 /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 Davenport saw the hail — from two instruments

Mar 15, 2026 · Davenport, FL

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Davenport, FL on Mar 15, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1.75" Detections 42
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Davenport, FL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Davenport's hail record.

This was Davenport's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Davenport at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Davenport: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Haines City (6 miles west, up to 1.75"); Intercession City (9 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Lake Alfred (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Davenport 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Davenport. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Davenport roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

7,881 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$95M

Potential roof exposure — 7,881 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
39 jobs
Illustrative work
~$585K

Close just 0.5% of the 7,881 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

March 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $1,655 on top of the $150 plan.

Davenport hail history

9 recorded storm days in Davenport, 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 20, 2026.