Hail, Fresno
- When
- April 16, 3:20 PM PST to 3:30 PM PST
- Where
- Fresno County, Fresno to 10 mi ESE of Fresno
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $7.7 million
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -119.580
Hail in California, April 16, 1996
Passage of a severe thunderstorm with large hail over a wide area brought substantial damage to area agricultural in rural areas ESE of Fresno. Damage was sustained by area peach, nectarine, almond orchards, and grapes.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $7.7 million
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Passage of a severe thunderstorm with large hail over a wide area brought substantial damage to area agricultural in rural areas ESE of Fresno. Damage was sustained by area peach, nectarine, almond orchards, and grapes.
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Washington, April 16, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, April 16 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Hail in California, April 16, 1996
- Debris Flow in Maine, April 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, April 16, 1996
- Hail in California, April 16, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, April 16, 1996
- Hail in California, April 16, 1996
- Flooding in New York, April 16, 1996
- Flood in California, April 16, 1996
- Flooding in Vermont, April 16 to 17, 1996
More
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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: 5580785.