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Hail in Orlando · Aug 11, 2026

Hit 32 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 30th most severe storm Orlando has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Orlando saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 11, 2026 · Orlando, FL

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 signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 11, 2026 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.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 11, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 11, 2026 sits in Orlando's hail record.

This was Orlando's 23rd recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Aug 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 30th of the 30 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Orlando at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Orlando: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Florida. Nearest: Osteen (23 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Deland (28 miles north, up to 0.5"); Polk City (37 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Orlando for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Orlando roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Orlando hail history

Other storms in Orlando.

30 recorded storm days in Orlando, FL
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Sep 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
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Sep 6, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Sep 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
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Sep 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Aug 26, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Aug 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Aug 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Aug 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Aug 12, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Aug 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 28, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 26, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 17, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 13, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 12, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 12, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 7, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 5, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Orlando, FL on Jul 3, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jul 3, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jun 30, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jun 29, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jun 28, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jun 27, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jun 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Jun 24, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on May 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

May 12, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on May 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

May 2, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Mar 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Mar 16, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Mar 15, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 7, 2026.