Storm report · Osceola

Hail in Okeechobee Apr 6, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

1.25"

≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Okeechobee 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.

2.7 /10

Hail size: 31 /100
Homes exposed: 31 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Okeechobee saw the hail — from two instruments

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Okeechobee, FL on Apr 6, 2026 — The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1.25" Detections 2

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Okeechobee, FL on Apr 6, 2026 — Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Apr 6, 2026 sits in Okeechobee's hail record

This was Okeechobee's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Mar 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 30 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Okeechobee at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Okeechobee: the same system put hail over 12 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Florida. Nearest: Palm Bay (38 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Moore Haven (41 miles south, up to 1.75"); Venus (42 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills from Okeechobee's Apr 6, 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.

For this storm over Okeechobee, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Shingle-bruising hail

What 1.25" hail means for Okeechobee roofs

Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$420K

Potential roof exposure — 35 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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

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Okeechobee hail history

30 recorded storm days in Okeechobee, FL

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