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Hail in Port Orange · Aug 20, 2026

Hit 23 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 8
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Port Orange has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.2 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
19 /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

Aug 20, 2026 · Port Orange, 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 Port Orange, FL on Aug 20, 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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Port Orange, FL on Aug 20, 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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 20, 2026 sits in Port Orange's hail record.

This was Port Orange's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Port Orange at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Port Orange: the same system put hail over 640 other tracked cities, 77 of them in Florida. Nearest: Daytona Beach (6 miles west, up to 1"); Lake Helen (9 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); New Smyrna Beach (14 miles southeast, up to 0.5").

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.

For this storm over Port Orange, 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Port Orange 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.

8 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$96K

Potential roof exposure — 8 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $2 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 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 Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Port Orange / FL

Jul 4, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 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.