6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 21, 3:19 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 319 PM EST FRI MAR 21 2003 WEAK GRADIENT AND SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS BROUGHT THE FOG BACK INTO THE COASTAL AREAS. FOG WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AS LOW TRACKS OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND LIFT AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST. ISSUED DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS. WITH CLEARING INLAND HAVE DESTABILIZED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND THREAT OF SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THAT AREA. WILL ALSO MENTION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NYC METRO AREA. AFTER LOW PASSES THROUGH AREA LATE TONIGHT....WEATHER WILL BE DRY INTO MIDWEEK AS RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE REGION. MARINE: CONTINUE ROUGH SEAS ON THE OCEAN TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 NM IN FOG TONIGHT. .OKX... CT...DENSE FOG ADVISORY CTZ009>012-221200 NJ...NONE. NY...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NYZ077>081-221200 MARINE...SCA FOR ROUGH ON COASTAL WATERS...ANZ350-353-355.
CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-221300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 620 AM EST FRI MAR 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN NY (ROCKLAND COUNTY) CRESTED AT A LITTLE OVER FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT AND IS NOW RECEDING. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HOUSATONIC RIVER IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY CT FOR MINOR FLOODING TODAY AND SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. EKH
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotters reported golf ball size hail in New Providence at 525 pm and penny size hail in Union at 530 pm.
Trained spotters reported quarter size hail at the Short Hills mall at 531 pm; penny size hail in Livingston at 531 pm; and nickle size hail in West Caldwell at 540 pm.
Trained spotters reported penny size hail in West Paterson at 546 pm; nickle size hail in Paterson at 547 pm and penny size hail in Wayne at 550 pm.
A trained spotter in North Caldwell reported penny size hail at 550 pm.
Trained spotters reported quarter size hail in West Caldwell and nickle size hail in West Orange. Both events occurred at 630 pm.
The West Paterson Office of Emergency Management reported penny size hail at 645 pm and a trained spotter reported penny size hail in Clifton at 651 pm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, March 2003
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: 5346715, 5347399, 5347400, 5347403, 5347401, 5347402.