Storm report · Marion

Hail in Ocala Jun 29, 2026

Hit 35 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

448

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 8th 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.

2.5 /10

Hail size: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 53 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Ocala 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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Ocala, FL on Jun 29, 2026 — 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 0.75" Detections 1

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jun 29, 2026 — 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 0"

The storm in context

Where Jun 29, 2026 sits in Ocala's hail record

This was Ocala's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ocala at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ocala: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Florida. Nearest: Dunnellon (12 miles west, up to 1"); Summerfield (23 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Oxford (24 miles southeast, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills from Ocala's Jun 29, 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Ocala 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Ocala roofs

Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$5.4M

Potential roof exposure — 448 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs

2 jobs

Illustrative work

~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 448 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.

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

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Ocala hail history

16 recorded storm days in Ocala, FL

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