Hail in Smithfield · Jun 27, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Smithfield 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
- 38 /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 Smithfield saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jun 27, 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 Jun 27, 2026 sits in Smithfield's hail record.
This was Smithfield's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jun 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Smithfield at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Smithfield: the same system put hail over 587 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Virginia. Nearest: Zuni (18 miles southwest, up to 1"); Suffolk (28 miles south, up to 0.75"); Providence Forge (32 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Smithfield 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Smithfield 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Smithfield roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Smithfield hail history
Other storms in Smithfield.
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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