Hail in Homestead · Jul 25, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th 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
- 19 /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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 25, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Homestead's hail record.
This was Homestead's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Homestead at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Homestead: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Florida. Nearest: Hialeah (28 miles north, up to 0.75"); Miami Lakes (28 miles north, up to 0.75"); Fort Lauderdale (48 miles north, up to 1").
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Homestead. 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Homestead roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
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"
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 May 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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