Hail in Vero Beach · Jul 12, 2026
NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 1.5"; 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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Convective day · Jul 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Vero Beach 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Vero Beach 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 12, 2026 sits in Vero Beach's hail record.
This was Vero Beach's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Vero Beach at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Vero Beach: the same system put hail over 367 other tracked cities, 46 of them in Florida. Nearest: Okeechobee (35 miles south, up to 1"); Lake Placid (42 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Cocoa Beach (43 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Vero Beach 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Vero Beach. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Vero Beach roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,088 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,088 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $438 on top of the $150 plan.
Vero Beach hail history
Other storms in Vero Beach.
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.5"Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jun 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 11, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
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