Hail, Licking
- When
- May 3, 9:50 AM EST
- Where
- Licking County, 3 mi W of Pataskala
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -82.720
Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 3, 1997
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Licking
- When
- May 3, 12:10 PM EST to 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Licking County, Pataskala
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -82.670
Numerous trees downed
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
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 3 to 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 1997
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 1997
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: 5603545, 5603546.