Hail in New Berlin · Mar 31, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 · Mar 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm New Berlin 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Berlin saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Mar 31, 2026 sits in New Berlin's hail record.
This was New Berlin's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Mar 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Berlin at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Berlin: the same system put hail over 522 other tracked cities, 114 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Springfield (8 miles east, up to 0"); Franklin (17 miles southwest, up to 1"); Palmyra (21 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 New Berlin 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 Berlin. 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" hail means for New Berlin 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
New Berlin hail history
Other storms in New Berlin.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
3.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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