Hail, Warren
- When
- August 1, 4:26 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Pottersville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.733, -73.833
Hail in New York, August 1, 2005
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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 404 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 695 TO ZONES. WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 03Z. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 233 PM EDT MON AUG 01 2005) .SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...WILL GO WITH AN EARLY ISSUANCE OF GRIDS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWING DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE CWA IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. KENX RADAR SHOWING CELLS POPPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES. SATELLITE PICTURE SHOWING CU ACROSS NORTH WESTERN NEW YORK AT THIS TIME. FLOW ACROSS CENTRAL/WESTERN NEW YORK HAS SHIFTED TO THE WEST WITH PASSAGE OF THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH. FLOW ACROSS THE CWA HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING DECENT CAPE VALUES ACROSS THE CWA. CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY AROUND 1500 TO 2000 J/KG. IN ORDER TO GET TO 2000 J/KG...WE WOULD NEED TO GET TO 83/68. OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WILL GO WITH 50 CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING. TUESDAY...ANY LEFTOVER MOISTURE WILL BE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS EARLY TUESDAY. LIKE NAM SOLUTION WITH DRY FORECAST. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...RIDGE MOVES EASTWARD AND APPROACHES THE CWA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S AS OUR 850 TEMPERATURES REACH +18. WEDNESDAY...WILL GO WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CWA. TEMPERATURES STILL STAY ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG RANGE (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...EXTENDED FORECAST VERY CONSISTENT WITH 24 HOURS AGO. HIGH PRESSURE AND A BUBBLE OF DRY AIR OVER THE REGION THURSDAY. BACKDOOR FRONT MAY LIE THROUGH CWA OR JUST TO OUR SOUTH. FAIRLY COOL AIR AT 12Z THURSDAY (H8= 8-10C OVER ME) TO OUR NE BUT WARM AIR (+16C H8 NR KBGM) JUST TO OUR SOUTHWEST. AS A RESULT MAX TEMPERATURES MAY BE AN ISSUE. WARM AIR MOVES IN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. MODELS PRETTY CONSISTENT ON TIMING. AND GFS HAS SHOW FRONTAL MOISTURE LINGERING ON SOUTHERN DOORSTEP THROUGH WEEKEND. ECMWF FAVORS A LITTLE STRONGER PUSH OF COOLER/DRIER AIR THROUGH AREA. FRONTAL MOISTURE BAND WITH COLD FRONT RATHER NARROW WHICH SUGGESTS FAIRLY SHORT RAIN THREAT. HAVE NARROWED THE WINDOW OF CHANCE POPS SOME IN THIS FORECAST WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAIN THREAT. WEATHER KEPT DRY OVER THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN MONDAY BUT HELD CHANCE POPS OFF UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MVFR LCL IFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...OTHERWISE VFR. STRATUS AND FOG REDEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS. FOG AND STRATUS WILL BURN OF QUICKLY TUESDAY (12Z-13Z) WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS GENERALLY 5-10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WESTERLY WITH TIME. STRONG SHIFTING WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .HYDROLOGY...RIVERS ARE AT OR BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY WAS LOCALIZED BUT DID PROMPT SEVERAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND A FEW EVENTS. STORMS TODAY WILL MOVE A LITTLE FASTER THAN ON SUNDAY...BUT ISOLATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS...PARKING AREAS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW SMALL STREAMS. THEY WILL HAVE ONLY A SLIGHT EFFECT ON THE RIVERS. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NY...NONE. VT...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:05 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 405 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-021100- BENNINGTON VT-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN WINDHAM VT- HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN FULTON NY- NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY- NORTHERN WARREN NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SCHOHARIE NY- SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN FULTON NY- SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY- WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN WINDHAM VT- 405 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 695 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ACTIVATED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NEW YORK... HERKIMER...HAMILTON...WARREN...FULTON...SARATOGA...WASHINGTON... MONTGOMERY...SCHENECTADY...SCHOHARIE...ALBANY...RENSSELAER... GREENE...COLUMBIA...ULSTER AND DUTCHESS. IN VERMONT... BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM. IN MASSACHUSETTS... BERKSHIRE. AND IN CONNECTICUT... LITCHFIELD.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:58 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 258 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 NYZ043-011930- ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITEHALL...OR ABOUT OVER FAIR HAVEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANVILLE BY 330 PM EDT
Local storm report, Aug 1, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 PM EDT MON AUG 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0311 PM HAIL HAMPTON 43.53N 73.25W
08/01/2005 0.75 INCH WASHINGTON NY OTHER FEDERAL
&&
KOLECILocal storm report, Aug 1, 4:10 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
510 PM EDT MON AUG 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM HAIL EAST DORSET 43.24N 73.01W
08/01/2005 1.00 INCH BENNINGTON VT PARK/FOREST SRVC
LARGE LIMBS AND A TREE DOWN WITH 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
FROM EMERALD LAKE STATE PARK
&&
KLAPENTASpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 4:12 PM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 512 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 NYZ032-033-038-042-012145- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HAMILTON...HERKIMER AND WARREN COUNTIES... AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND TO 11 MILES WEST OF LAKE PLEASANT TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHWOOD TO 29 MILES WEST OF NORTHWOOD TO 42 MILES WEST OF NORTHWOOD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INDIAN LAKE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPECULATOR TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HINCKLEY TO 27 MILES WEST OF HINCKLEY TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF HINCKLEY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND BY 520 PM EDT LAKE PLEASANT BY 525 PM EDT NORTH CREEK AND NORTHWOOD BY 535 PM EDT WELLS...OHIO AND JOHNSBURG BY 540 PM EDT SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND BY 545 PM EDT SNYDER/KOLECI
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:26 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
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, August 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Missouri, August 1 to 31, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in New York, August 1, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 1, 2005
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 1, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 1, 2005
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 1, 2005
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, August 1 to 2, 2005
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 2005
More
Every storm in New York in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, August 2005
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: 5473567.