Hail, Berkshire
- When
- August 22, 4:22 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, North Egremont
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -73.430
Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 22, 1997
On August 22, a deep upper level low was located over the lower Great Lakes region. Afternoon thunderstorms produced hail at North Egremont and Great Barrington.
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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
On August 22, a deep upper level low was located over the lower Great Lakes region. Afternoon thunderstorms produced hail at North Egremont and Great Barrington. Thunderstorm winds also downed trees at Cheshire.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Berkshire
- When
- August 22, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, Great Barrington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -73.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- August 22, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, Cheshire
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -73.170
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5611898, 5611899, 5611900.