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Hail in Stuart · Aug 28, 2026

Hit 15 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Stuart has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
0 /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 Stuart saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 28, 2026 · Stuart, FL

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 28, 2026 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.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 28, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 28, 2026 sits in Stuart's hail record.

This was Stuart's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Stuart at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Stuart: the same system put hail over 185 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Florida. Nearest: Alva (83 miles west, up to 0.5"); Punta Gorda (90 miles west, up to 0.5"); Fort Myers (97 miles west, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Stuart 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 Stuart. 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Stuart 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

Stuart hail history

14 recorded storm days in Stuart, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Sep 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Sep 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 19, 2026

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

Aug 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 31, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 26, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 12, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 7, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 7, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jun 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jun 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jun 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Feb 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Feb 28, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
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 8, 2026.