Storm report · Orange

Hail in Orlando Mar 16, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 6 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

1.5"

≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

5,933

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 5th most severe storm Orlando 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.

4.1 /10

Hail size: 38 /100
Homes exposed: 75 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Orlando, FL on Mar 16, 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 1.5" Detections 6

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Mar 16, 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 0.75"

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 21 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: Intercession City (9 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Kissimmee (14 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Clermont (14 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills from Orlando's Mar 16, 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.

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.

Widespread claimable damage

What 1.5" hail means for Orlando roofs

At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$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.

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.

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Orlando hail history

21 recorded storm days in Orlando, FL

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