Hail, Clinton
- When
- September 6, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, West Chazy
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -73.500
Hail in New York, September 6, 1998
A cold front moved southeast from Canada across northern New York during the night of Sunday, September 6th. Locally strong winds and large hail accompanied a few of the storms.
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
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
A cold front moved southeast from Canada across northern New York during the night of Sunday, September 6th. Locally strong winds and large hail accompanied a few of the storms. Specifically, in West Chazy (Clinton county), golfball size hail was reported. Frequent lightning was also reported.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:44 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, September 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Flood and Hail in North Carolina, September 6, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Texas, September 6 to 11, 1998
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Idaho, September 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, September 6, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 6, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 6, 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: 5667607.