Hail in Homestead Jul 9, 2026
Hit 25 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Homestead this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft1,539
0
none filedThe 3rd 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.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /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 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.
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 Jul 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Homestead, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 9, 2026 sits in Homestead's hail record
This was Homestead's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Homestead at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Homestead: the same system put hail over 944 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Florida. Nearest: Bonita Springs (102 miles northwest, up to 1"); Naples (103 miles northwest, up to 1"); Fort Myers (115 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Homestead's Jul 9, 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 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Homestead roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$18M
Potential roof exposure — 1,539 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Homestead on the live map
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13 recorded storm days in Homestead, FL
Other storms in Homestead
Aug 1, 2026
0.5"
Jul 26, 2026
0.75"
Jul 25, 2026
0.75"
Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Jul 2, 2026
0.75"
Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Jun 30, 2026
0.75"
Jun 2, 2026
0.75"
May 31, 2026
0.75"
May 3, 2026
0.5"
Apr 20, 2026
0.5"
Mar 15, 2026
1"