Hail in Webster · Aug 9, 2026
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.
Convective day · Aug 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 16th most severe storm Webster 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Webster 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 Aug 9, 2026 sits in Webster's hail record.
This was Webster's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 16th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Webster at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Webster: the same system put hail over 453 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Florida. Nearest: Dade City (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Brooksville (12 miles west, up to 1"); Land O Lakes (24 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Webster 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 Webster 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Webster 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
Webster hail history
Other storms in Webster.
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 12, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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