Hail in Sarasota Jun 28, 2026
Hit 36 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature123
0
none filedThe 5th 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.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 42 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Sarasota saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Where Jun 28, 2026 sits in Sarasota's hail record
This was Sarasota's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jun 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sarasota at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sarasota: the same system put hail over 348 other tracked cities, 23 of them in Florida. Nearest: Myakka City (21 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Ruskin (28 miles north, up to 0.75"); Port Charlotte (30 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Sarasota's Jun 28, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Sarasota. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.75" hail means for Sarasota roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$1.5M
Potential roof exposure — 123 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Sarasota on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Sarasota, FL
Other storms in Sarasota
Jul 24, 2026
1.25"
Jul 23, 2026
1"
Jul 12, 2026
1"
Jul 1, 2026
0.75"
Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Mar 25, 2026
1.25"
Mar 15, 2026
1"
Mar 5, 2026
1"