Hail, Grand Isle
- When
- August 22, 6:12 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Grand Isle County, South Hero
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -73.320
Hail in Vermont, August 22, 1997
An unstable atmosphere across the region associated with an upper level low over the Great Lakes resulted in numerous thunderstorms with reports of some hail.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
An unstable atmosphere across the region associated with an upper level low over the Great Lakes resulted in numerous thunderstorms with reports of some hail.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Orange
- When
- August 22, 6:20 PM EST to 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Strafford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -72.380
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 Utah, August 22, 1997
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- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 22, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, August 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 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: 5622536, 5622537.