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Hail in Ocala · Aug 20, 2026

Hit 23 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. 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 1,020
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 15th most severe storm Ocala has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.3 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
60 /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 Ocala saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 20, 2026 · Ocala, FL

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Ocala, FL on Aug 20, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 20, 2026 sits in Ocala's hail record.

This was Ocala's 21st recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 23 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ocala at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ocala: the same system put hail over 640 other tracked cities, 77 of them in Florida. Nearest: Silver Springs (6 miles east, up to 0.75"); Citra (14 miles north, up to 0.75"); The Villages (22 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 23 Ocala 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.

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.

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.

1,020 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$12M

Potential roof exposure — 1,020 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
5 jobs
Illustrative work
~$75K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,020 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 $214 on top of the $150 plan.

Ocala hail history

Other storms in Ocala.

23 recorded storm days in Ocala, FL
← All hail in Ocala
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Sep 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Sep 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Aug 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Aug 14, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Aug 9, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Aug 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jul 29, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jul 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jul 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jul 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jul 17, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jul 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jul 12, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jul 11, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jul 10, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jun 29, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jun 27, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jun 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jun 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Jun 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Jun 18, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on May 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

May 23, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

May 16, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Mar 15, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ocala, FL on Mar 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ocala / FL

Mar 6, 2026

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 Sep 11, 2026.