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Hail in Dunnellon · May 23, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dunnellon that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 408
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · May 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Dunnellon has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.1 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
52 /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 Dunnellon saw the hail — from two instruments

May 23, 2026 · Dunnellon, FL

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on May 23, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Dunnellon, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 23, 2026 sits in Dunnellon's hail record.

This was Dunnellon's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 68 days after the Mar 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dunnellon at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dunnellon: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 18 of them in Florida. Nearest: Ocala (23 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Lady Lake (31 miles east, up to 0.5"); Cedar Key (37 miles northwest, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Dunnellon 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 Dunnellon. 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Dunnellon roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

408 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4.9M

Potential roof exposure — 408 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 408 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 $86 on top of the $150 plan.

Dunnellon hail history

13 recorded storm days in Dunnellon, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Aug 9, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jul 25, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jul 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jul 17, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jul 12, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jul 12, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jul 11, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jul 10, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jun 30, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jun 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jun 28, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Jun 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Dunnellon, FL on Mar 16, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Mar 16, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dunnellon, FL on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dunnellon / FL

Mar 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 10, 2026.