Connecticut, 1998

Hail in Connecticut, September 27, 1998

September 27, 1998 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Litchfield

When
September 27, 12:40 AM EST
Where
Litchfield County, Litchfield
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.750, -73.180

The remnants of a squall line that moved into northwest Connecticut from eastern New York, produced dime size hail at Washington Depot during the early morning hours of the 7th.

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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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: 5667354.