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Hail in Port Orange · Jul 4, 2026

NEXRAD logged 25 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 3,693
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Port Orange has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.0 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
71 /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 Port Orange saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 4, 2026 · Port Orange, FL

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Port Orange, FL on Jul 4, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 1.5" Detections 25
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Jul 4, 2026 sits in Port Orange's hail record.

This was Port Orange's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Jun 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Port Orange at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Port Orange: the same system put hail over 2,035 other tracked cities, 38 of them in Florida. Nearest: New Smyrna Beach (9 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Deltona (15 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Bunnell (18 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Port Orange 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Port Orange. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Port Orange roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

3,693 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$44M

Potential roof exposure — 3,693 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
18 jobs
Illustrative work
~$270K

Close just 0.5% of the 3,693 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 $776 on top of the $150 plan.

Port Orange hail history

14 recorded storm days in Port Orange, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Sep 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Sep 6, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Aug 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Aug 20, 2026

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

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Jul 27, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Jul 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Jul 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Port Orange, FL on Jul 12, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Jul 12, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Jul 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Jul 5, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Jun 2, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on May 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

May 10, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

May 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Mar 15, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
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.