Hail in Homestead · May 3, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Homestead that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Homestead 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Homestead 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 3, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Homestead, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 3, 2026 sits in Homestead's hail record.
This was Homestead's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Apr 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Homestead at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Homestead: the same system put hail over 115 other tracked cities. Nearest: Versailles (900 miles north, up to 0"); Louisville (921 miles north, up to 0"); Irvington (922 miles north, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Homestead 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.
For this storm over Homestead, 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Homestead 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
Homestead hail history
Other storms in Homestead.
Estimated-size surface Aug 3, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Aug 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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