Hail, Franklin
- When
- March 30, 5:43 PM EST to 5:44 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Sheldon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -72.950
Hail in Vermont, March 30, 1998
A frontal boundary across southern Canada triggered late afternoon and evening thunderstorms across northern Vermont on Monday, March 30. In sheldon, Vermont golfball size hail was reported around 543 pm.
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
- $5,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
A frontal boundary across southern Canada triggered late afternoon and evening thunderstorms across northern Vermont on Monday, March 30. A few thunderstorms were accomapnied by strong winds and large hail.In sheldon, Vermont golfball size hail was reported around 543 pm. Elsewhere in Franklin county hail around 1/2 inch was reported in Enosburg Falls.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Maine, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in New York, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, March 30 to 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, March 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: 5656754.