Hail size 1.5"
3 ENE Bayside Lakes Brevard County
“Public reported hail of 1.0-1.5 inches near Paragon Rd and Babcock St. in SE Palm Bay around 4:00 pm. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Brevard
Hail in Palm Bay · Mar 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 9 hail signatures up to 2"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 1,649
Ground reports 4 3 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Palm Bay has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Palm Bay saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 15, 2026 · Palm Bay, FL
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 signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
2"
Detections
9
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Palm Bay's hail record.
This was Palm Bay's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Palm Bay at 2" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Palm Bay: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Malabar (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Melbourne (21 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Cape Canaveral (35 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Palm Bay 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
4 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.
Hail reports
3 reports Hail size 1.75"
3 W Grant-Valkaria Brevard County
“Spotter SLC-211 reported half inch to golf ball sized hail on I-95 between MM 168-169 (near Grant-Valkaria) at 3:49 PM. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W Grant-Valkaria Brevard County
“Off duty NWS employee reported dime to quarter sized hail near Ramblebrook St. in Malabar. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 65 mph
3 ESE Bayside Lakes Brevard County
“Spotter BRE-324 reported wind gusts of 60-65 mph (estimated) and estimated hail 1.0-1.25 inches in diameter on Grant Rd. (MLB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 28 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Bayside Lakes and Grant-Valkaria — beyond Palm Bay itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Palm Bay roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,649 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,649 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,649 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
March 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $346 on top of the $150 plan.
Palm Bay hail history
Other storms in Palm Bay.
11 recorded storm days in Palm Bay, FL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Aug 26, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Aug 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Aug 12, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Jul 26, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Jul 10, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Jul 5, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Jun 23, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Jun 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
May 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Palm Bay / FL
Apr 6, 2026
0.5" 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 Aug 27, 2026.