Hail, Hillsborough
- When
- May 24, 7:18 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, Manchester
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.983, -71.450
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, May 24, 2004
A severe thunderstorm briefly produced penny sized hail in Manchester, but no damage was reported. Another severe thunderstorm downed large tree limbs as it entered Hinsdale in western Cheshire County, and an amateur radio operator also observed a funnel cloud as the storm passed.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 BOX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm briefly produced penny sized hail in Manchester, but no damage was reported. Another severe thunderstorm downed large tree limbs as it entered Hinsdale in western Cheshire County, and an amateur radio operator also observed a funnel cloud as the storm passed.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheshire
- When
- May 24, 7:37 PM EST
- Where
- Cheshire County, Hinsdale
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.783, -72.483
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 24 to 25, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 25, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 24, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 24, 2004
- Flood in Wisconsin, May 24 to 31, 2004
- Hail in New York, May 24, 2004
- Flood in Wisconsin, May 24 to 31, 2004
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, May 24, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, May 24, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 2004
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5393109, 5393110.