Hail, Erie
- When
- May 19, 7:38 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Wanakah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -78.880
An isolated thunderstorm came across Lake Erie and dropped 3/4" hail as it came ashore.
Hail in New York, May 19, 1998
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:37 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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 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: 5642355.