Hail in Howey In The Hills · May 23, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Howey In The Hills that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Howey In The Hills 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
- 54 /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 Howey In The Hills saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Howey In The Hills, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 23, 2026 sits in Howey In The Hills's hail record.
This was Howey In The Hills's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the May 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Howey In The Hills at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Howey In The Hills: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 18 of them in Florida. Nearest: Groveland (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Mascotte (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Center Hill (14 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Howey In The Hills 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Howey In The Hills. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Howey In The Hills 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$5.7M
Potential roof exposure — 474 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 474 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $100 on top of the $150 plan.
Howey In The Hills hail history
Other storms in Howey In The Hills.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
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