Storm report · Orange

Hail in Orlando May 2, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

1,189

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 17th 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.

2.7 /10

Hail size: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 62 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Orlando 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 Orlando, FL on May 2, 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 0.75" Detections 1

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on May 2, 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 May 2, 2026 sits in Orlando's hail record

This was Orlando's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 47 days after the Mar 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 17th of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Orlando at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Orlando: the same system put hail over 17 other tracked cities, 15 of them in Florida. Nearest: Clermont (14 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Longwood (24 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Oviedo (32 miles northeast, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills from Orlando's May 2, 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 Orlando. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Orlando roofs

Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$14M

Potential roof exposure — 1,189 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs

6 jobs

Illustrative work

~$90K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,189 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 May 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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