Hail, Oswego
- When
- May 15, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Oswego County, Redfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 43.464, -76.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 15, 1993
4 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $650,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rensselaer
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rensselaer County, Stephentown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Lewis
- When
- May 15, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, Port Leyden
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 43.785, -75.449 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms that developed in a moist southwest flow produced one inch hail at Redfield and Port Leyden.
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 15, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Wampsville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Oneida
- When
- May 15, 6:25 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Oneida County, Holland Patent
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -75.270
Tornado, Chenango
- When
- May 15, 7:30 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango County, Otselic to Center
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 125 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -75.780
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in New York in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New York, 1993Warnings in New York, May 1993
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10336149, 10336065, 10336478, 10336502, 10335929, 10336614.