Hail in Winter Garden Mar 15, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature2,076
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Winter Garden 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Winter Garden saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Winter Garden's hail record
This was Winter Garden's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Winter Garden at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Winter Garden: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Orlando (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Montverde (9 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Clermont (12 miles west, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Winter Garden's Mar 15, 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.
For this storm over Winter Garden, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.75" hail means for Winter Garden roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,076 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Winter Garden on the live map
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5 recorded storm days in Winter Garden, FL
Other storms in Winter Garden
Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Jun 30, 2026
1"
Jun 29, 2026
1.75"
Jun 24, 2026
0.5"