Hail in Lake Placid · Jul 13, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature 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 · Jul 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th 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
- 25 /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
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.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 13, 2026 sits in Lake Placid's hail record.
This was Lake Placid's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th 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 Jul 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lake Placid: the same system put hail over 92 other tracked cities, 32 of them in Florida. Nearest: Lorida (5 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Okeechobee (22 miles east, up to 1.75"); Sebring (23 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
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.
For this storm over Lake Placid, 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.
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
$204K
Potential roof exposure — 17 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $4 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 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"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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