Hail, Tompkins
- When
- June 15, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Tompkins County, Groton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -76.533
Hail in New York, June 15, 2002
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 Jun 15, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 232 PM EDT SAT JUN 15 2002 UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE, LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER LAKE HURON, WITH BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. MAIN AREA OF RAIN HAS MOVED OFF AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. SOME BREAKS HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. GENERALLY TREND IS FOR UPPER LOW TO OPEN UP AS IT MOVES NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT CURRENT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET, THEN ANOTHER VORTICITY MAXIMUM TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. SO EXPECT REFORMATION OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. RAM .BGM...NONE.
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15 to 16, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 15 to 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15 to 16, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 15, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 15, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 2002
More
Every storm in New York in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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: 5305312.