Hail in Polk City · Apr 25, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Polk City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 15th most severe storm Polk City 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 6 /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 Polk City saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 25, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Polk City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Polk City's hail record.
This was Polk City's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 41 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Polk City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Polk City: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Florida. Nearest: Mulberry (35 miles south, up to 1"); Parrish (51 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Oviedo (55 miles northeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Polk 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
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 Polk City 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 Polk City 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.
Potential roof exposure
$12K
Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $0 on top of the $150 plan.
Polk City hail history
Other storms in Polk City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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