Hail, Bergen
- When
- May 8, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Bergen County, Hackensack
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -74.120
Hail in New Jersey, May 8, 1999
As a severe thunderstorm moved northeast, it produced hail 3/4 of an inch in diameter just west of Hackensack.
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
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
As a severe thunderstorm moved northeast, it produced hail 3/4 of an inch in diameter just west of Hackensack.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 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
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 8, 1999
- High Surf in California, May 8 to 9, 1999
- Cold in Oregon, May 8 to 9, 1999
- Flood in Illinois, May 8 to 10, 1999
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 8, 1999
- Dust Devil in Washington, May 8, 1999
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, May 8, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 8, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 8, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 8, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 8, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, May 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: 5700989.