Hail, Chautauqua
- When
- April 11, 12:50 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Silver Creek
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -79.170
Hail in New York, April 11, 1999
Thunderstorms developed rapidly over extreme eastern Lake Erie then moved onshore. The thunderstorms produced three-quarter inch hail and gusty winds.
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
- $2,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed rapidly over extreme eastern Lake Erie then moved onshore. The thunderstorms produced three-quarter inch hail and gusty winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Rip Current in Guam, April 11, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Michigan, April 11, 1999
- Funnel Clouds in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, April 11 to 12, 1999
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1999
- Flooding in California, April 11, 1999
- Hail in Tennessee, April 11, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, April 11, 1999
More
Every storm in New York in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5690757.