Hail in New Smyrna Beach · Jul 12, 2026
Convective day · Jul 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 12, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 12, 2026 sits in New Smyrna Beach's hail record.
This was New Smyrna Beach's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jul 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 22 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Smyrna Beach at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Smyrna Beach: the same system put hail over 367 other tracked cities, 46 of them in Florida. Nearest: Edgewater (9 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Port Orange (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Oak Hill (15 miles southeast, 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for New Smyrna Beach roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$38M
Potential roof exposure — 3,147 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,147 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
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 $661 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"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.25"
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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