Thunderstorm Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- June 29, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Frewsburg
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -79.170
Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, June 29, 1998
Thunderstorms which rolled across the western southern tier during the late afternoon hours produced damaging winds and golfball sized hail.
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
- $45,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms which rolled across the western southern tier during the late afternoon hours produced damaging winds and golfball sized hail.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cattaraugus
- When
- June 29, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cattaraugus County, Salamanca
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -78.720
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 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: 5657114, 5657115.