Hail, Chautauqua
- When
- May 24, 1:10 AM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Brocton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.383, -79.433
Hail in New York, May 24, 2000
An isolated thunderstorm produced one inch hail during the early morning hours.
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
- $3,000
- 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.
An isolated thunderstorm produced one inch hail during the early morning hours.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:08 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
- Lightning Strikes in Utah, May 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, May 24 to 25, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 24 to 25, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 24, 2000
More
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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: 5149626.