Hail in Lake City · May 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lake City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Lake City 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
- 37 /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 Lake City saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lake City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Lake City's hail record.
This was Lake City's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lake City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lake City: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Florida. Nearest: White Springs (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Quitman (55 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Hoboken (72 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Lake City 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 Lake City, 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 Lake City 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
$816K
Potential roof exposure — 68 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $14 on top of the $150 plan.
Lake City hail history
Other storms in Lake City.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
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