Storm report · Hardee

Hail in Zolfo Springs Mar 8, 2026

The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Zolfo Springs this day.

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Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 8th most severe storm Zolfo Springs has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.9 /10

Hail size: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 30 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Zolfo Springs 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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Mar 8, 2026 — Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Zolfo Springs, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Mar 8, 2026 sits in Zolfo Springs's hail record

This was Zolfo Springs's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 8th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Zolfo Springs at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Mar 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Zolfo Springs: the same system put hail over 31 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Florida. Nearest: Bowling Green (19 miles west, up to 0.5"); Labelle (57 miles south, up to 0.75"); Lehigh Acres (69 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills from Zolfo Springs's Mar 8, 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.

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 Zolfo Springs. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Zolfo Springs 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.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$348K

Potential roof exposure — 29 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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.

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Zolfo Springs hail history

16 recorded storm days in Zolfo Springs, FL

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