Hail in Orlando · Mar 16, 2026
NEXRAD logged 6 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Orlando has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 75 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Orlando 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Mar 16, 2026 sits in Orlando's hail record.
This was Orlando's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 30 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Orlando at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Orlando: the same system put hail over 58 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Florida. Nearest: Apopka (7 miles north, up to 2"); Longwood (9 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Montverde (12 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 30 Orlando 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
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Orlando. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Orlando roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$71M
Potential roof exposure — 5,933 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 30 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$450K
Close just 0.5% of the 5,933 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $1,246 on top of the $150 plan.
Orlando hail history
Other storms in Orlando.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.5"Jul 28, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 12, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 12, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface May 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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