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Hail in Milton · Aug 8, 2026

Hit 35 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,245
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Milton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.2 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.2 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
67 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Milton saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 8, 2026 · Milton, 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Milton, FL on Aug 8, 2026 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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 8, 2026 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"

The storm in context

Where Aug 8, 2026 sits in Milton's hail record.

This was Milton's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jul 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Milton at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Milton: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Florida. Nearest: Jay (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Brewton (32 miles north, up to 0.75"); Citronelle (76 miles west, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 21 Milton 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

No 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Milton for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Milton 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.

2,245 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$27M

Potential roof exposure — 2,245 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
11 jobs
Illustrative work
~$165K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,245 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $471 on top of the $150 plan.

Milton hail history

Other storms in Milton.

21 recorded storm days in Milton, FL
← All hail in Milton
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 21, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 18, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 17, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jul 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jul 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jul 17, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jul 10, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jul 8, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jul 7, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on May 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

May 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

May 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on May 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

May 7, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Apr 26, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Jan 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Jan 3, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report 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 25, 2026.