Hail, Oxford
- When
- June 23, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Oxford County, Hartford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.383, -70.350
Hail in Maine, June 23, 2002
A severe thunderstorm produced dime-sized hail in the town of Hartford.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced dime-sized hail in the town of Hartford.
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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 200 PM EDT SUN JUN 23 2002 ZONES... COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST BY 06Z. AHEAD OF IT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAIN CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS /MOSTLY WIND GUSTS/ AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LOTS OF LOW LEVEL JUICE...HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...VERY HIGH 850 MB DEW POINTS ALONG WITH STRONGEST LOW LEVEL WINDS ADVECTING ACROSS THE 850 THETA-E AXIS WHICH IS SHOWING VERY HIGH VALUES. ALSO INCREASING WIND FIELD AS JET DECENDS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS TO THE EAST. WILL MENTION POSSIBLE STRONGER GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER NH AND WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS WHERE SOME SUNSHINE BREAKING OUT AND LESS OF A MARINE INFLUENCE ACTING TO STABILIZE AIR MASS. WILL MONITOR CONDITIONS NEXT FEW HOURS FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL /MAINLY DUE TO WINDS/. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK FOR NORTHERN ZONES AND LATEST DISCUSSION CONCERNED ABOUT WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. BEHIND THE FRONT IT WILL CLEAR OUT LATER TONIGHT WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE ON MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST GRADIENT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE SO WILL HIGHLIGHT WINDY IN THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY. WEAK SYSTEM MOVES IN ON THE NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW TUESDAY NIGHT... CLOUDS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN NH FIRST THEN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA. WILL FORECAST UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MAV TEMPS RUNNING COLDER THAN THE FWCS. WILL USE A COMPROMISE ...BUT LEAN TOWARD THE COOLER SOLUTION SINCE WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING BELOW NORMAL MOST DAYS LATELY. MRF NUMBERS USED FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. CWF... WILL KEEP THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UP. SW WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO SCA LEVELS ONCE WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND STRONG SW GRADIENT SETS UP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MODELS...VIA BUFKIT SOUNDINGS...SHOW STRONG LOW LEVEL JET MOVING OVER THE WATERS THIS EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD STILL SEE SCA STRENGTH WINDS WITH STRONG GRADIENT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND NORTHWEST WINDS LINING UP FROM SURFACE TO 500 MB WHERE THE FLOW IS ALSO RATHER STRONG. PWMWRKZFP AND PWMWRKCWF AVBL IN AWIPS. MAY MAKE LAST MINUTE CHANGES BASED ON LATEST OBSERVED DATA...OR IF A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED. FCSTID = 2 .GYX... ME...SCA. NH...SCA. SJC
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 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
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 23, 2002
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 23 to 24, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maine, June 23 to 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 23 to 24, 2002
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 23, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in St. Lawrence River, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2002
More
Every storm in Maine in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, June 2002
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: 5305379.