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Hail in New Bern · Jun 28, 2026

NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm New Bern has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.1 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.1 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How New Bern saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 28, 2026 · New Bern, NC

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over New Bern, NC on Jun 28, 2026 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.

Max size 0.75" Detections 3
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Jun 28, 2026 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.

Max size 0"

The storm in context

Where Jun 28, 2026 sits in New Bern's hail record.

This was New Bern's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Bern at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Bern: the same system put hail over 348 other tracked cities, 24 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Cherry Point (12 miles southeast, up to 1"); Ernul (17 miles north, up to 0.75"); Newport (22 miles south, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 New Bern 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over New Bern for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for New Bern 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

New Bern hail history

13 recorded storm days in New Bern, NC
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Sep 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Sep 5, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Sep 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Sep 2, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Aug 24, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Aug 21, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Aug 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Aug 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Aug 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Jul 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Jul 8, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Jul 6, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Jun 27, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Jun 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Jun 14, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over New Bern, NC on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date New Bern / NC

Jun 13, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 6, 2026.