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Hail in Milton · Aug 24, 2026

Hit 19 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Milton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,962
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 2.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.4 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
66 /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 24, 2026 · Milton, FL

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Milton, FL on Aug 24, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Milton, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 24, 2026 sits in Milton's hail record.

This was Milton's 21st recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Aug 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Milton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Milton: the same system put hail over 232 other tracked cities, 19 of them in Florida. Nearest: Mc David (27 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Atmore (36 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Perdido (39 miles northwest, up to 0.75").

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Milton. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Milton roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,962 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$24M

Potential roof exposure — 1,962 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
10 jobs
Illustrative work
~$150K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,962 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 $412 on top of the $150 plan.

Milton hail history

21 recorded storm days in Milton, FL
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 Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Milton / FL

Aug 8, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
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.