Hail in Punta Gorda · Mar 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 1"; 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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Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Punta Gorda 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Punta Gorda 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.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Punta Gorda's hail record.
This was Punta Gorda's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Mar 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 37 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Punta Gorda at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Punta Gorda: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Alva (17 miles southeast, up to 1"); Zolfo Springs (35 miles north, up to 2.25"); Ona (38 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 37 Punta Gorda 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Punta Gorda. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Punta Gorda roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$9.3M
Potential roof exposure — 772 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 772 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 $162 on top of the $150 plan.
Punta Gorda hail history
Other storms in Punta Gorda.
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 25, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Mar 16, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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