Hail, Tolland
- When
- April 2, 5:44 PM EST
- Where
- Tolland County, Ellington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -72.470
Hail in Connecticut, April 2, 1998
A thunderstorm brought dime size hail to Ellington, CT. Pea size hail was reported at Stafford, West Stafford, and Tolland in Tolland 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 BOX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm brought dime size hail to Ellington, CT. Pea size hail was reported at Stafford, West Stafford, and Tolland in Tolland County. In Hartford County, pea size hail occurred in East Hartford and Windsor.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 2, 1998
- High Wind in Texas, April 2, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 2, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 2 to 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1998
- Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, April 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, April 1998
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: 5649820.