Hail in Osteen · Jul 8, 2026
Convective day · Jul 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Osteen 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 68 /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 Osteen saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Osteen's hail record.
This was Osteen's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Jul 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Osteen at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Osteen: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Florida. Nearest: Sanford (6 miles west, up to 1"); Deltona (7 miles north, up to 2"); Debary (9 miles northwest, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Osteen 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Osteen 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Osteen roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$30M
Potential roof exposure — 2,472 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 12 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$180K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,472 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $519 on top of the $150 plan.
Osteen hail history
Other storms in Osteen.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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