Hail, Oswego
- When
- March 9, 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Oswego County, Oswego
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -76.533
Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, March 9, 2000
Spring thunderstorms rolled in off Lake Ontario during the afternoon hours. The storms produced three-quarter inch hail and damaging winds that downed trees and power lines.
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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Spring thunderstorms rolled in off Lake Ontario during the afternoon hours. The storms produced three-quarter inch hail and damaging winds that downed trees and power lines.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- March 9, 2:36 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Rochester
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.183, -77.633
Thunderstorm Wind, Oswego
- When
- March 9, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Oswego County, Williamstown
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.417, -75.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, March 9, 2000
- Avalanche in Alaska, March 9 to 10, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 9, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 9 to 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, March 9, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 9, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, March 9, 2000
- Hail in New York, March 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, March 9, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, March 9, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 2000
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: 5138237, 5138238, 5138239.