Hail in New Hampshire, May 28, 2002

Name: Hail in New Hampshire, May 28, 2002
Start: 2002-05-28T15:00
End: 2002-05-28T15:00
Location: New Hampshire

May 28, 2002 · NWS GYX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms moving through western New Hampshire dropped 1/2 to 1 inch hail in the town of Sunapee.

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 happened

The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.

Thunderstorms moving through western New Hampshire dropped 1/2 to 1 inch hail in the town of Sunapee.

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 May 28, 12:24 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 12:24 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
124 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002

FAIRLY SUMMER-LIKE NEXT FEW DAYS...

HIGH PRES OFF THE E CST WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THRU
THU...MAINTAINING A WARM S TO SWLY FLOW ACROSS THE RGN.

MCH OF THE FA SHLD REMAIN DRY TONGT WTH EXCPTN OF SRN NH/SW ME WHR A
FEW TRW/RW CLD LINGER THRU THE EVNG HRS. WILL KEEP CHC POPS FR SRN NH
THRU TNGT. ANTHR ROUND OF FOG AND STRATUS LIKELY ALNG THE CST AS
BNDRY LYR WINDS INCRS FRM THE S. WTH WEAK GRDNT NOT LOOKING FOR THIS
TO PENETRATE TO FAR INLAND...BUT PTCHY RADITION FOG WILL AGAIN AFFECT
THE USUAL SPOTS.

ONLY LIMITED INSTBLTY LEFT OVER ON WED MAINLY ACRSS SRN ZNS. NOT ENUF
OF A CHC TO INCLD MENTION OF A SHOWER ATTM. AM FOG SHLD GIVE WAY TO
PS SKIES MST AREAS...WTH CLDS INCRSG IN THE AFTN.

WEAK SHRTWV APPRCHS THE RGN LT WED...BRINGINTG WTH IT A GOOD CHC OF
RAIN WED NGT. LIKLY TO CAT POPS FR MST OF THE RGN.

LOOKING FR RW- TO LINGER THRU 1ST HLF OF THU WITH NOT MCH CHC OF
SEEING ANY SUN.

MORE RAIN ON FRI AS CDFRNT ASSOC WTH BROAD UPPR TROF DIGGING INTO THE
NE APPRCHS THE RGN.

OFFSHR...NO FLAGS.

GYX...ME...NIL.
      NH...NIL.

EJS

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sullivan

When: May 28, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Sullivan County, Sunapee
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.400, -72.083

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Hampshire in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New Hampshire, May 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: 5298491.