Hail in Lake Helen · Jun 24, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lake Helen that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Lake Helen 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 73 /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 Helen 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.
Estimated size field 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 Jun 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lake Helen, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 24, 2026 sits in Lake Helen's hail record.
This was Lake Helen's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 60 days after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lake Helen at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lake Helen: the same system put hail over 383 other tracked cities, 48 of them in Florida. Nearest: New Smyrna Beach (12 miles east, up to 0.75"); Deland (12 miles west, up to 0.5"); Eustis (19 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Lake Helen 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 Lake Helen. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Lake Helen roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$52M
Potential roof exposure — 4,320 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 22 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$330K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,320 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $907 on top of the $150 plan.
Lake Helen hail history
Other storms in Lake Helen.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 16, 2026
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