Hail in Haines City May 12, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft7,211
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Haines City has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 77 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Haines 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.
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.
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.
Where May 12, 2026 sits in Haines City's hail record
This was Haines City's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 58 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Haines City at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Haines City: the same system put hail over 18 other tracked cities, 13 of them in Florida. Nearest: Lake Wales (17 miles southeast, up to 2.75"); Orlando (28 miles north, up to 3"); Kenansville (32 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Haines City's May 12, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 Haines 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.
What 0.75" hail means for Haines City roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$87M
Potential roof exposure — 7,211 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Haines City on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Haines City, FL
Other storms in Haines City
Jul 30, 2026
0.75"
Jul 28, 2026
0.75"
Jul 26, 2026
1"
Jul 8, 2026
1"
Jun 30, 2026
1.5"
Jun 27, 2026
1.25"
Jun 22, 2026
1"
Jun 12, 2026
0.5"
Mar 15, 2026
1.75"