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Hail in Plant City · Jun 29, 2026

NEXRAD logged 26 hail signatures up to 2.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. At 2.75" — baseball — 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 2.75" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 2,669
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Plant City has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.8 /10
Peak hail signal
69 /100

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

Homes exposed
69 /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 Plant City saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 29, 2026 · Plant City, 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Plant City, FL on Jun 29, 2026 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 2.75" Detections 26
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jun 29, 2026 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 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Jun 29, 2026 sits in Plant City's hail record.

This was Plant City's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Plant City at 2.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Plant City: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Florida. Nearest: Lakeland (10 miles east, up to 2.5"); Kathleen (14 miles north, up to 1"); Polk City (18 miles northeast, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Plant City 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.

For this storm over Plant City, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Severe hail signal

What 2.75" hail means for Plant City 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.

2,669 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$32M

Potential roof exposure — 2,669 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
13 jobs
Illustrative work
~$195K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,669 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

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $560 on top of the $150 plan.

Plant City hail history

15 recorded storm days in Plant City, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Sep 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Sep 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Aug 8, 2026

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

Aug 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jul 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jul 11, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jul 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jul 8, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Plant City, FL on Jul 7, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jul 7, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jul 1, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

Jun 27, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Plant City, FL on May 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Plant City / FL

May 20, 2026

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

Mar 24, 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 Sep 8, 2026.