Lightning, Worcester
- When
- July 30, 3:28 PM EST to 3:43 PM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, Leominster
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 30, 1999
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail in Palmer. Earlier that day, lightning strikes from non-severe thunderstorms in Leominster and Fitchburg were responsible for starting two house fires and at least one brush fire.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail in Palmer. Earlier that day, lightning strikes from non-severe thunderstorms in Leominster and Fitchburg were responsible for starting two house fires and at least one brush fire. Lightning also caused damage to chimneys and roofs of several other homes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hampden
- When
- July 30, 6:47 PM EST to 7:01 PM EST
- Where
- Hampden County, Palmer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -72.330
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 30 to 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 30 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, July 30, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 30, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 30, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 30, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Iowa, July 30 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flood in Guam, July 30, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 30, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 30, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, July 1999
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: 5710919, 5710918.