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Hail in Sebring · Aug 5, 2026

Hit 38 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,718
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Sebring has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.5 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
65 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Sebring saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 5, 2026 · Sebring, FL

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Sebring, FL on Aug 5, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.25"

The storm in context

Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Sebring's hail record.

This was Sebring's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jul 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sebring at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sebring: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 25 of them in Florida. Nearest: Avon Park (9 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Lake Placid (23 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Bowling Green (31 miles west, up to 0.5").

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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Sebring. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" 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.

1,718 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$21M

Potential roof exposure — 1,718 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
9 jobs
Illustrative work
~$135K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,718 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 $361 on top of the $150 plan.

Sebring hail history

17 recorded storm days in Sebring, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Sep 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Sep 10, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Aug 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Aug 29, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Aug 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Aug 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Aug 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Sebring, FL on Jul 25, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jul 25, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jul 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jul 13, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jul 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jul 12, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jul 10, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jul 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jun 29, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jun 24, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jun 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jun 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Jun 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Jun 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

May 29, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Sebring, FL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Sebring / FL

Mar 15, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 11, 2026.