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Hail in Orlando · Aug 12, 2026

Hit 31 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 17
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 29th most severe storm Orlando has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.4 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
25 /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 12, 2026 · Orlando, FL

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 12, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orlando, FL on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 12, 2026 sits in Orlando's hail record.

This was Orlando's 24th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 29th 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 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Orlando: the same system put hail over 507 other tracked cities, 19 of them in Florida. Nearest: Lake Wales (41 miles south, up to 0.5"); Kenansville (44 miles south, up to 0.5"); Palm Bay (73 miles southeast, up to 0.75").

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.

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.

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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

17 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$204K

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

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.

Orlando hail history

Other storms in Orlando.

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

Sep 6, 2026

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

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"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Orlando / FL

Aug 11, 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.