Hail, Chautauqua
- When
- April 6, 4:20 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Ellery Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.180, -79.350
Hail in New York, April 6, 1999
A cold front crossed the region during the late afternoon hours. An isolated severe thunderstorm developed along the front and produced three-quarter inch hail as it crossed the western southern tier.
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.
A cold front crossed the region during the late afternoon hours. An isolated severe thunderstorm developed along the front and produced three-quarter inch hail as it crossed the western southern tier.
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
- Flooding in Iowa, April 6 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- Strong Wind in Michigan, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6, 1999
- Flood in North Dakota, April 6 to 15, 1999
- Flood in Minnesota, April 6 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, April 6, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5690756.