Hail in Fort Pierce · Mar 16, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 · Mar 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Fort Pierce 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
- 18 /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 Pierce 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 Mar 16, 2026 sits in Fort Pierce's hail record.
This was Fort Pierce's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Feb 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Pierce at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Pierce: the same system put hail over 58 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Florida. Nearest: Port Saint Lucie (7 miles south, up to 1"); Hobe Sound (24 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Sebastian (28 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Fort Pierce 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Fort Pierce. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Fort Pierce 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
$84K
Potential roof exposure — 7 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 on top of the $150 plan.
Fort Pierce hail history
Other storms in Fort Pierce.
Estimated-size surface Sep 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 11, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Feb 28, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Feb 27, 2026
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