Hail, Windsor
- When
- June 12, 12:40 PM EST to 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Windsor County, Reading
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -72.550
Hail in Vermont, June 12, 1996
These storms were accompanied by locally strong winds and heavy rain with some flooding. There were numerous reports of dangerous lightning (1 death and 1 injury) with cloud to ground lightning strikes.
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 BTV wrote it up.
A trough of low pressure moved across Northern New York and Vermont on June 12, 1996 acting as a focus to trigger afternoon and nightime thunderstorms.These storms were accompanied by locally strong winds and heavy rain with some flooding. There were numerous reports of dangerous lightning (1 death and 1 injury) with cloud to ground lightning strikes. A dozen trees were blown down in West Charleston.
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
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, June 1996
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: 5573080.