Hail in Sebring · Mar 15, 2026
Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Sebring 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
- 44 /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 Sebring 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.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Sebring's hail record.
This was Sebring's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 11th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sebring at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sebring: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Zolfo Springs (14 miles southwest, up to 2.25"); Frostproof (14 miles north, up to 2"); Wauchula (20 miles west, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Sebring 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 Sebring 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 Sebring 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
$1.8M
Potential roof exposure — 150 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 150 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 $32 on top of the $150 plan.
Sebring hail history
Other storms in Sebring.
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
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