Hail, Erie
- When
- May 9, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, West Seneca
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.833, -78.767
Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 9, 2000
Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours along lake breezes from Lake Erie. The thunderstorms produced hail up to one inch in diameter and damaging winds which downed trees in Mayville and Dunkirk.
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
- $41,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 during the evening hours along lake breezes from Lake Erie. The thunderstorms produced hail up to one inch in diameter and damaging winds which downed trees in Mayville and Dunkirk.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- May 9, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Mayville
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -79.500
Hail, Cattaraugus
- When
- May 9, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Cattaraugus County, Little Vly
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -78.783
Hail, Chautauqua
- When
- May 9, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Dunkirk
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.483, -79.333
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
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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: 5147678, 5147679, 5147680, 5147681.