Hail in Land O Lakes · Jul 25, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 13th most severe storm Land O Lakes 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Land O Lakes saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 25, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Land O Lakes's hail record.
This was Land O Lakes's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Jul 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Land O Lakes at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Land O Lakes: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Florida. Nearest: Plant City (28 miles southeast, up to 1"); Polk City (31 miles east, up to 3"); Lakeland (32 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Land O Lakes 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 Land O Lakes, 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Land O Lakes roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Land O Lakes hail history
Other storms in Land O Lakes.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 16, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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