Hail, Chautauqua
- When
- July 19, 8:02 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Ripley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -79.700
Hail in New York, July 19, 1998
Thunderstorms developed over Lake Erie and moved onshore during the evening hours. 75" hail in Ripley.
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
- $3,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over Lake Erie and moved onshore during the evening hours. One of these storms produced 0.75" hail in Ripley.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 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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- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 19, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5662784.