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Hail in Webster · Aug 24, 2026

Hit 19 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Webster that day. 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 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 16th most severe storm Webster 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 Webster saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 24, 2026 · Webster, FL

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Aug 24, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Webster, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 24, 2026 sits in Webster's hail record.

This was Webster's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Aug 20, 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 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Webster: the same system put hail over 232 other tracked cities, 19 of them in Florida. Nearest: Silver Springs (43 miles north, up to 0.75"); Old Town (81 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); High Springs (86 miles north, up to 0.5").

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

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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Webster. 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.

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.

17 recorded storm days in Webster, FL
← All hail in Webster
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Aug 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Aug 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Aug 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Aug 8, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Jul 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Jul 17, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Webster, FL on Jul 12, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Jul 12, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Webster, FL on Jul 11, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Jul 11, 2026

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

Jul 10, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Jul 7, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Jul 6, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Jun 30, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Jun 25, 2026

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

Jun 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Apr 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Apr 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Mar 15, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Webster, FL on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Webster / FL

Mar 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
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 Aug 25, 2026.