Hail, Burlington
- When
- August 16, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington County, Chesterfield
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -74.630
Hail in New Jersey, August 16, 1996
A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in Florence and golf ball size hail in Chesterfield. It also caused wind damage in a four block wide area in Florence from 5th to 8th Streets.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in Florence and golf ball size hail in Chesterfield. It also caused wind damage in a four block wide area in Florence from 5th to 8th Streets. Several trees were uprooted, one crushed a Cadillac. A flag was literally ripped from a flagpole. No injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 16, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 16, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, August 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 16, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5571238.