Hail in Punta Gorda · Aug 9, 2026
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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Convective day · Aug 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /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 Aug 9, 2026 sits in Punta Gorda's hail record.
This was Punta Gorda's 29th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Aug 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 37 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Punta Gorda at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Punta Gorda: the same system put hail over 453 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Florida. Nearest: Fort Myers (21 miles south, up to 0.5"); Cape Coral (23 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Sarasota (58 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda 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
$60M
Potential roof exposure — 5,018 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 25 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$375K
Close just 0.5% of the 5,018 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
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 $1,054 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 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 15, 2026
1"
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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