Hail, Clinton
- When
- August 28, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, 3 mi E of Plattsburgh
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -73.380
Hail in New York, August 28, 1997
A cold front moved across northern New York during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Heavy rain and locally large hail accompanied a few of the thunderstorms with this front.
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 cold front moved across northern New York during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Heavy rain and locally large hail accompanied a few of the thunderstorms with this front. The Grand Isle ferry reported wind gust to 43 knots and nickle size hail in the New York waters of Lake Champlain, approximately 3 miles East of Plattsburgh, NY. In addition, the power was knocked out at the Cumberland Head, NY landing site of the ferry. Pea size hail was also reported in Peru, NY (Clinton County) at 1302 EST.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:20 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 28 to 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 28, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, August 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 28, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Montana, August 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Vermont, August 28, 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: 5622539.