Hail in The Villages · Jun 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 18 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm The Villages 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
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /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 The Villages 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 Jun 29, 2026 sits in The Villages's hail record.
This was The Villages's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 39 days after the May 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over The Villages at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than The Villages: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Florida. Nearest: Oxford (6 miles west, up to 2.5"); Summerfield (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Leesburg (9 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 The Villages 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.
For this storm over The Villages, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for The Villages roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$38M
Potential roof exposure — 3,128 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,128 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $657 on top of the $150 plan.
The Villages hail history
Other storms in The Villages.
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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