Hail in Saint Cloud · Sep 5, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Saint Cloud that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Saint Cloud 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
- 33 /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 Saint Cloud 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 Sep 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Saint Cloud, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Saint Cloud's hail record.
This was Saint Cloud's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Saint Cloud at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Saint Cloud: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 12 of them in Florida. Nearest: Lake Wales (18 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Orlando (30 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Melbourne (31 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Saint Cloud 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 Saint Cloud 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 Saint Cloud 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
$504K
Potential roof exposure — 42 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $9 on top of the $150 plan.
Saint Cloud hail history
Other storms in Saint Cloud.
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 16, 2026
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