Storm report · Osceola

Hail in Okeechobee Jul 12, 2026

Hit 22 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 16th 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.

2.1 /10

Hail size: 25 /100
Homes exposed: 25 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Okeechobee 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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Okeechobee, FL on Jul 12, 2026 — Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 1" Detections 1

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Okeechobee, FL on Jul 12, 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"

The storm in context

Where Jul 12, 2026 sits in Okeechobee's hail record

This was Okeechobee's 26th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 16th of the 30 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Okeechobee at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Okeechobee: the same system put hail over 367 other tracked cities, 46 of them in Florida. Nearest: Vero Beach (28 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Lake Placid (31 miles west, up to 1.25"); Sebring (31 miles west, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills from Okeechobee's Jul 12, 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 Okeechobee. 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.

Shingle-bruising hail

What 1" 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

$204K

Potential roof exposure — 17 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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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