Hail in Massachusetts, March 17, 1995

Name: Hail in Massachusetts, March 17, 1995
Start: 1995-03-17T11:45
End: 1995-03-17T13:00
Location: Massachusetts

March 17, 1995 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Maz022 - 023

When: March 17, 11:45 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Maz022 - 023 County

An early morning thunderstorm produced a lightning bolt which struck the steeple of a church in Waltham, knocking off the cross, and causing a damaging power surge through the building's electrical system. An electrical panel on the outside of the church was blown off the wall and crashed through the window of a house next door. No injuries occurred, but property damage was estimated at several thousand dollars. Several hours later that day, around noon and lasting into the early afternoon, thunderstorms dropped early season small hail at many places on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. One-eighth to one-quarter inch hail was reported from Woods Hole in Falmouth, Hyannis, Chatham, and Martha's Vineyard.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Massachusetts in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Massachusetts, March 1995

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: 10329538.