Hail in Fort Myers · Aug 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Fort Myers 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
- 85 /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 Fort Myers 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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 29, 2026 sits in Fort Myers's hail record.
This was Fort Myers's 21st recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 24 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Myers at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Myers: the same system put hail over 113 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Florida. Nearest: Cape Coral (7 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Bonita Springs (15 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Lehigh Acres (19 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 24 Fort Myers 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 Fort Myers. 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" hail means for Fort Myers 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
$203M
Potential roof exposure — 16,892 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 84 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.3M
Close just 0.5% of the 16,892 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $3,547 on top of the $150 plan.
Fort Myers hail history
Other storms in Fort Myers.
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 2, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 1, 2026
0.5"Take your next area into the field.
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