Hail in New Bern · Jul 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 14 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 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm New Bern 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
- 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 Bern 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 Jul 6, 2026 sits in New Bern's hail record.
This was New Bern's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Jun 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Bern at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Bern: the same system put hail over 832 other tracked cities, 80 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Maysville (15 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Pollocksville (17 miles west, up to 1.5"); Cove City (20 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over New Bern. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for New Bern 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
$37M
Potential roof exposure — 3,049 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 15 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$225K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,049 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 $640 on top of the $150 plan.
New Bern hail history
Other storms in New Bern.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Sep 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
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