Hail in New Smyrna Beach · Jul 5, 2026
NEXRAD logged 7 hail signatures up to 1.25"; 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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Convective day · Jul 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /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 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 5, 2026 sits in New Smyrna Beach's hail record.
This was New Smyrna Beach's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 22 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Smyrna Beach at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Smyrna Beach: the same system put hail over 971 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Florida. Nearest: Port Orange (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Lake Helen (12 miles west, up to 1.5"); Osteen (18 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 22 New Smyrna Beach 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 New Smyrna Beach. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for New Smyrna Beach roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$408K
Potential roof exposure — 34 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
New Smyrna Beach hail history
Other storms in New Smyrna Beach.
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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