Hail, Hampden
- When
- June 2, 10:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hampden County, Granville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -72.870
Hail in Massachusetts, June 2, 1998
Dime size hail was reported in Granville during a late evening thunderstorm. Farther east, a thunderstorm wind gust to 43 mph was reported in Hardwick in Worcester 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.
Dime size hail was reported in Granville during a late evening thunderstorm. Farther east, a thunderstorm wind gust to 43 mph was reported in Hardwick in Worcester County.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:25 UTC.
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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1998
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- Tornado in New York, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Maryland, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Maryland, June 2, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 2, 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: 5661568.