Hail, York
- When
- August 9, 1:35 PM EST
- Where
- York County, Shapleigh
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -70.850
Hail in Maine, August 9, 1997
A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail in the area around Shapleigh in York County.
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
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail in the area around Shapleigh in York County.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 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
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- Flash Flood in Texas, August 9, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 9, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Utah, August 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 9, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 9, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 9, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 9, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1997
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: 5625004.