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Hail in Zolfo Springs · Aug 21, 2026

Hit 22 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; 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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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 22nd most severe storm Zolfo Springs has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

0.9 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
6 /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 Zolfo Springs saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 21, 2026 · Zolfo Springs, FL

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 Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Aug 21, 2026 Radar signature field

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.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated size field

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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 21, 2026 sits in Zolfo Springs's hail record.

This was Zolfo Springs's 19th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 22nd of the 23 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Zolfo Springs at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Zolfo Springs: the same system put hail over 659 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Florida. Nearest: Avon Park (23 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Bowling Green (23 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Mulberry (28 miles northwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 23 Zolfo Springs 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.

For this storm over Zolfo Springs, 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Zolfo Springs 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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$12K

Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $0 on top of the $150 plan.

Zolfo Springs hail history

23 recorded storm days in Zolfo Springs, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Sep 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Sep 10, 2026

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

Sep 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Aug 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Aug 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Aug 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jul 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jul 13, 2026

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

Jul 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jul 7, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jun 27, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jun 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jun 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jun 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jun 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jun 12, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Jun 2, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on May 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

May 24, 2026

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

May 15, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Apr 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Apr 5, 2026

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

Mar 25, 2026

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

Mar 15, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Zolfo Springs, FL on Mar 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Zolfo Springs / FL

Mar 8, 2026

0.75"
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 Sep 11, 2026.