Hail in Lake Alfred Mar 5, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature812
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Lake Alfred 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
- 58 /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 Lake Alfred 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.
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 Mar 5, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Mar 5, 2026 sits in Lake Alfred's hail record
This was Lake Alfred's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lake Alfred at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lake Alfred: the same system put hail over 343 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Florida. Nearest: Kissimmee (23 miles northeast, up to 1"); Dade City (28 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Lake Wales (30 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Lake Alfred's Mar 5, 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 Lake Alfred, 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 Lake Alfred 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.
$9.7M
Potential roof exposure — 812 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Lake Alfred on the live map
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4 recorded storm days in Lake Alfred, FL
