Hail in Sarasota · Mar 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. 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 10th most severe storm Sarasota 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
- 0 /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 Sarasota saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 15, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Sarasota's hail record.
This was Sarasota's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sarasota at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sarasota: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Myakka City (12 miles east, up to 0.75"); Ruskin (22 miles north, up to 0.75"); Wimauma (24 miles northeast, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Sarasota 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 Sarasota 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Sarasota 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
Sarasota hail history
Other storms in Sarasota.
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 25, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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