Hail, Steuben
- When
- May 22, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Steuben County, Bradford
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.367, -77.100
1.50 inch hail.
Hail in New York, May 22, 2004
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
- $25,000
- 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 May 22, 2:18 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:18 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 318 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... WARM FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER EAST ACROSS THE BGM AREA TO MSV. MUCH OF CWA CLOUDY AND RATHER COOL WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS IN NORTHERN ZONES. WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AND AREA WILL DESTABILIZE FAIRLY RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. GFS/ETA CONTINUE TO SHOW SFC WAVE NOW OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN, WILL MOVE EASTWARD ALONG FRONT AND ACROSS NYS OVERNIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND LOW LEVEL SPEED MAX WILL PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS NYS THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. SHEAR VALUES ARE SIGNIFICANT AND MAINLY IN THE LOW LEVELS INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR BOW TYPE ECHOES (BULK SHEAR 0-1KM 30KTS). WENT LIKELY POPS HERE WITH CHC POPS NE PA. ACROSS NE PA FELT THE THREAT WAS LESS DUE TO DISTANCE FROM BOUNDARY AND RESULTANT WEAKER SFC CONVERGENCE. SUNDAY...FRONT REMAINS ACROSS REGION AND MAY ACTUALLY SHIFT FURTHER SOUTH OVER NY/PA BORDER FOR AWHILE SUNDAY MORNING BEHIND SFC WAVE. AS SFC LOW OVER THE MID WEST MOVES INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE BACK NORTH ACROSS CWA. CONTINUED WITH LIKELY POPS IN NYS AND CHC POPS NE PA. ETA MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW LESS INSTABILITY THAN THIS EVENING SO SVR CONVECTION APPEARS LESS LIKELY. SUNDAY NIGHT...SFC LOW CONTINUES INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND ENTIRE ARE SHOULD BE IN THE WARM SECTOR BY 06Z. KEPT LIKELY POPS ACROSS NRN/CNTRL ZONES UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN CHC POPS AS FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF CWA. MONDAY...GFS FASTER WITH FROPA THAN ETA. FOLLOWED ETA SOLUTION AND KEPT CHC POPS UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON MOST AREAS. && EXTENDED (MON NITE-FRI)... MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THAT THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY MONDAY NIGHT... BRINGING A BRIEF END TO THE RW/TRW CHANCES MONDAY NT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. APPROACHING SHORT WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING EASTERN TROUGH WILL BRING A RENEWED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... THEN CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ALONG WITH DRYER... COOLER WEATHER. && .AVIATION... LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE POOLED ALONG A STATIONARY BOUNDARY OVER UPSTATE NY IS RESULTING IN MVFR CIGS FOR MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SPOTTY IFR CIGS. EXPECT CIGS TO GRADUALLY LIFT LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA. WENT WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR A THUNDERSTORM FOR THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS THE GREAT LAKES CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVES EAST-SOUTHEAST. TIMING WITH THIS COMPLEX IS VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME AS THE SYSTEM HAS NOT YET DEVELOPED. EXPECT MVFR-IFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBYS LATE TONIGHT... THEN GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT ON SUNDAY. THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN CLOSE ON SUNDAY... SO A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A GOOD POSSIBILITY... ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTIES IN TIMING AND COVERAGE REQUIRE THAT THEY ARE LEFT OUT OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE PA...NONE SHORT TERM...RRM EXTENDED/AVIATION...MSE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:45 AM EST, 15 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 445 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-231000- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- NORTHERN WAYNE PA-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-PIKE PA-SCHUYLER NY- SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA- STEUBEN NY-SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- WYOMING PA-YATES NY- 445 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE RAIN COULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE IS A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND DAMAGING WINDS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... FORMAL SKYWARN ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN THEIR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:42 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 342 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-230400- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- NORTHERN WAYNE PA-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-PIKE PA-SCHUYLER NY- SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA- STEUBEN NY-SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- WYOMING PA-YATES NY- 342 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AT THIS TIME, IF APPEARS THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY CROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS BEGINNING AFTER 7 PM. IF THE STORMS ARE SEVERE THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. WITH A STALLED WEST TO EAST FRONT ACROSS THE AREA INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO HAVE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV. TC/RRM
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:58 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NYZ015>018-022>025-044-045-055-056-PAZ038-039-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT- TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 558 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES... BROOME...CAYUGA...CHEMUNG...CHENANGO...CORTLAND...ONONDAGA... SCHUYLER...SENECA...STEUBEN...TIOGA...TOMPKINS AND YATES. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES... BRADFORD AND SUSQUEHANNA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUE OR IF YOU SIGHT A TORNADO. A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IF A TORNADO STRIKES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM.
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:39 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 739 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 NYZ016-017-230045- CAYUGA NY-SENECA NY- 739 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL NEAR PENN YAN....OR ABOUT OVER WILLARD....MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEDYARD AND SHELDRAKE AT 800 PM. EAST VENICE AND LOCKE AT 815 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM. ** NAME ***
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 740 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 NYZ023-230045- SCHUYLER NY- 740 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN...NEAR DUNDEE....OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF TYRONE....MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WATKINS GLEN AND MONTOUR FALLS AT 800 PM. ALPINE AND SMITH VALLEY AT 815 PM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM. VAN AUSDALL
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 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 Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 22 to 23, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 22 to 31, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 22, 2004
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 22, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 22 to 23, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 22 to 26, 2004
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 22 to 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, May 22 to 23, 2004
More
Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 2004
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: 5400621.