Vermont, 2001

Hail in Vermont, July 4, 2001

July 4, 2001 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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
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 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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 1:35 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:35 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
235 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001

.DISC...

NATURAL FIREWORKS TO BE VIEWED FROM HOME THIS EVENING
MUCH OF CWA. SVR PARAMETERS ALL IN NEAR SVR/MARGINAL
SVR RANGE WITH CAPE RANGING FROM BALLPARK 500 NORTHERN
FRINGE CWA TO RESPECTABLE ALMOST 1500 MID HUDSON VALLEY.
SURFACE DEWPOINTS CREEPING UP ALL DAY LIKELY TO PEAK
IN UPPER 60S ABOUT FRONT TIME OF 23Z-02Z. MID HUDSON
MAY REACH 70 TD.  HELICITY ONLY IN 100-200 RANGE AND
MID LEVEL WINDS LACKING PUNCH...HOWEVER UPPER WINDS
AROUND H250 IN 100KT NEIGHBORHOOD PACKING PLENTY OF
PUNCH IF BROUGHT NEAR SURFACE. WILL ENHANCE THUNDER
WORDING FOR THIS EVENING. FIREWORKS END BY MIDNIGHT.

REST FORECAST RATHER DULL. UPPER LOW MAY SWING TROF
THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SOME CLOUDS ISOLATED --SHRA FAR
NORTH. S/WV CRESTING RIDGE AROUND HUDSON BAY SHARPENS
TROF EASTERN NY/NEW ENGLAND FOR LOW MOISTURE LOW RISK
SHRA SAT AFTN...WITH TROF AXIS ABOUT ON CWA 12Z SUN.
THEN DRY AS MASSIVE H500 HIGH CENTERED IN SOUTHERN
PLAINS TAKES CONTROL.

.ALY...NONE.

WILEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:26 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
626 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0615 PM    MALTA                     NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01   SARATOGA                       TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0620 PM    SCHUYLERVILLE             NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01   SARATOGA                       NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.  DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL.
Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:49 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
649 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    MIDDLE FALLS              NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01   WASHINGTON                     TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

0640 PM    GREENWICH                 NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN ALONG RTE 372
                                          BETWEEN GREENWICH AND
                                          CAMBRIDGE.

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:54 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bennington

When
July 4, 6:55 PM EST
Where
Bennington County, Sunderland
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.117, -73.100

A cold front triggered scattered thunderstorms across southern Vermont on the afternoon of Independence Day. One of the storms became severe as it deposited half dollar size hail in Sunderland, Bennington County.

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

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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: 5270816.