Hail, Hartford
- When
- May 29, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford County, Enfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -72.570
Hail and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, May 29, 1998
A severe thunderstorm dropped penny size hail in Enfield in Hartford County. Also, a lightning strike ignited a hotel fire in Enfield.
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
- $20,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm dropped penny size hail in Enfield in Hartford County. Also, a lightning strike ignited a hotel fire in Enfield. Little details were available on the fire, thus damage amount is purely an estimate.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Hartford
- When
- May 29, 6:03 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford County, Enfield
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 1998
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, May 29, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 29, 1998
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: 5656180, 5656181.