Pennsylvania, 2001

Hail in Pennsylvania, September 13, 2001

September 13, 2001 · NWS BGM · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 13, 12:30 PM EST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 12:30 PM EST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
130 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2001

SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING COLD FRONT NOW MAKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE BGM SERVICE AREA. MODELS AGREE ON SHARPENING 500MB TROF
OVER THE AREA. THAT RESULTS IN AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION THREAT
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN TIER. ETA IS A LITTLE WETTER
THAN THE NGM. AFTER COORD WITH BUF...PLAN TO GO LIKELY POPS TONIGHT
WITH A CHANCE ON FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER. WITH THE
SURFACE FRONT CLEARING THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TODAY...WILL ONLY
MENTION A CHANCE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING THERE.

VORT MAX CROSSES THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND MOVES EAST OF THE AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION PULLS EAST OF
THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING WITH GOOD SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING
VORT MAX. WILL INDICATE SOME CLEARING FRIDAY AFTN. THE UPPER LEVEL
TROF AXIS IS OVER THE AREA FRIDAY WITH THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPS SO FAR
THIS SEASON.

.BGM...NONE.

RJW

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lackawanna

When
September 13, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Lackawanna County, Moscow
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.333, -75.533

Emergency management reported golf ball size hail covering the gournd to a depth of two inches.

Hail, Wayne

When
September 13, 5:35 PM EST
Where
Wayne County, Sterling
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.333, -75.400

SKYWARN storm spotter reported dime size hail.

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.

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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: 5262764, 5262765.