Hail in New Smyrna Beach Mar 15, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 15 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature134
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm New Smyrna 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /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 New Smyrna 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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in New Smyrna Beach's hail record
This was New Smyrna Beach'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 New Smyrna Beach at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Smyrna Beach: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 66 of them in Florida. Nearest: Port Orange (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Oak Hill (14 miles south, up to 1.75"); Daytona Beach (17 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from New Smyrna Beach'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 New Smyrna Beach, 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 1" hail means for New Smyrna Beach roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$1.6M
Potential roof exposure — 134 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over New Smyrna Beach on the live map
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16 recorded storm days in New Smyrna Beach, FL
Other storms in New Smyrna Beach
Jul 31, 2026
0.5"
Jul 30, 2026
1"
Jul 26, 2026
1.5"
Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Jul 12, 2026
0.75"
Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Jul 7, 2026
Jul 5, 2026
1.25"
Jul 4, 2026
1.5"
Jun 25, 2026
1"
Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Jun 2, 2026
2.25"
Mar 16, 2026
1"