Hail in West Palm Beach · Mar 16, 2026
NEXRAD logged 7 hail signatures up to 1.25"; 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 · Mar 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm West Palm 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 77 /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 West Palm 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 Mar 16, 2026 sits in West Palm Beach's hail record.
This was West Palm Beach's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Feb 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Palm Beach at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Palm Beach: the same system put hail over 58 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Florida. Nearest: Palm Beach Gardens (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Loxahatchee (12 miles west, up to 0.75"); Jupiter (14 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 West Palm 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 West Palm 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for West Palm Beach roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$83M
Potential roof exposure — 6,876 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 34 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$510K
Close just 0.5% of the 6,876 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $1,444 on top of the $150 plan.
West Palm Beach hail history
Other storms in West Palm Beach.
Estimated-size surface Sep 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 28, 2026
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