Hail in Lake Placid · Mar 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Lake Placid 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
- 33 /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 Placid 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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Lake Placid's hail record.
This was Lake Placid's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 9th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lake Placid at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lake Placid: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Okeechobee (22 miles east, up to 1.75"); Sebring (23 miles northwest, up to 1"); Zolfo Springs (30 miles west, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Lake Placid 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 Placid. 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 Placid 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
$552K
Potential roof exposure — 46 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $10 on top of the $150 plan.
Lake Placid hail history
Other storms in Lake Placid.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 14, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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