Hail in Milton · Sep 20, 2026
Convective day · Sep 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Milton 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Milton saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Milton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 20, 2026 sits in Milton's hail record.
This was Milton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 38 days after the Aug 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Milton at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Milton: the same system put hail over 253 other tracked cities, 7 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Cambridge City (5 miles west, up to 1.25"); Connersville (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Brownsville (9 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Milton 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Milton. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Milton roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$24M
Potential roof exposure — 1,986 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,986 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $417 on top of the $150 plan.
Milton hail history
Other storms in Milton.
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