Storm report · Marion

Hail in Ocala May 23, 2026

The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ocala this day.

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Largest hailstone

0.5"

≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 16th most severe storm Ocala has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

0.8 /10

Hail size: 13 /100
Homes exposed: 0 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Ocala saw the hail — from two instruments

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 map of the storm over Ocala, FL on May 23, 2026 — 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 May 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ocala, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 23, 2026 sits in Ocala's hail record

This was Ocala's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 16th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ocala at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ocala: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 18 of them in Florida. Nearest: Dunnellon (12 miles west, up to 0.5"); Lady Lake (32 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Cedar Key (37 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills from Ocala's May 23, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.

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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Ocala. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Ocala roofs

Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.

Track hail over Ocala on the live map

Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Ocala storm history — this May 23, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.

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Ocala hail history

16 recorded storm days in Ocala, FL

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