Hail in West Palm Beach Jul 17, 2026
Hit 17 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over West Palm Beach this day.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft160
0
none filedThe 5th 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.
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How West Palm Beach saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over West Palm Beach, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 17, 2026 sits in West Palm Beach's hail record
This was West Palm Beach's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jul 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Palm Beach at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Palm Beach: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 71 of them in Florida. Nearest: Loxahatchee (16 miles west, up to 1.5"); Parkland (24 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Belle Glade (26 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from West Palm Beach's Jul 17, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over West Palm Beach. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 1.5" hail means for West Palm Beach roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$1.9M
Potential roof exposure — 160 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over West Palm Beach on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in West Palm Beach, FL
Other storms in West Palm Beach
Aug 1, 2026
1"
Jul 13, 2026
0.5"
Jul 12, 2026
1.75"
Jun 24, 2026
1.5"
Jun 20, 2026
0.75"
Jun 2, 2026
1.5"
Mar 16, 2026
1.25"
Feb 28, 2026