Hail size 1.5"
3 ENE Bayside Lakes Brevard County
“Public reported hail of 1.0-1.5 inches near Paragon Rd and Babcock St. in SE Palm Bay around 4:00 pm. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Brevard
Hail in Malabar · Mar 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 8 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 3,764
Ground reports 4 4 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Malabar has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Malabar saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 15, 2026 · Malabar, FL
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
8
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Malabar's hail record.
This was Malabar's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Malabar at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Malabar: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Palm Bay (7 miles south, up to 2"); Melbourne (16 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Cape Canaveral (28 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Malabar 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
4 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
4 reports Hail size 1.75"
3 W Grant-Valkaria Brevard County
“Spotter SLC-211 reported half inch to golf ball sized hail on I-95 between MM 168-169 (near Grant-Valkaria) at 3:49 PM. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NE Palm Bay Brevard County
“Resident reported penny to quarter sized hail in Palm Bay near Malabar Rd and I-95. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W Grant-Valkaria Brevard County
“Off duty NWS employee reported dime to quarter sized hail near Ramblebrook St. in Malabar. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 23 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Bayside Lakes, Grant-Valkaria, and Palm Bay — beyond Malabar itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Malabar roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
3,764 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$45M
Potential roof exposure — 3,764 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 19 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$285K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,764 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
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 $790 on top of the $150 plan.
Malabar hail history
Other storms in Malabar.
5 recorded storm days in Malabar, FL
NEXRAD surface Storm date Malabar / FL
Jul 5, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Malabar / FL
Jun 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Malabar / FL
Jun 16, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Malabar / FL
Mar 16, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.