Hail, Genesee
- When
- May 4, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee County, Batavia
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -78.180
Hail in New York, May 4, 1998
A localized thunderstorm dropped three quarters of an inch of rain in less than an hour and inch and a quarter hail across the county. The hail accumulated several inches on the ground and piles of it could still be seen hours later.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
A localized thunderstorm dropped three quarters of an inch of rain in less than an hour and inch and a quarter hail across the county. The hail accumulated several inches on the ground and piles of it could still be seen hours later.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Genesee
- When
- May 4, 6:39 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee County, Bergen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -77.970
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Virginia, May 4, 1998
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- Hail in North Carolina, May 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 4, 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: 5642351, 5642352.