Hail, Ulster
- When
- July 26, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Kingston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -74.020
Hail in New York, July 26, 1996
A stationary front across eastern New York became the focusing mechanism for widely scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon of July 26. At Cobleskill in Schoharie County severe thunderstorms downed trees and wires and produced one inch hail.
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
- $500
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
A stationary front across eastern New York became the focusing mechanism for widely scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon of July 26. At Cobleskill in Schoharie County severe thunderstorms downed trees and wires and produced one inch hail. Hail was also reported at Kingston in Ulster County.
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
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- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Utah, July 26, 1996
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Texas, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, July 26, 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: 5567168.