Hail in Washington, May 19, 2005

Name: Hail in Washington, May 19, 2005
Start: 2005-05-19T11:30
End: 2005-05-19T11:30
Location: Washington

May 19, 2005 · NWS SEW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Small hail pelted the ground for about 15 minutes. It destroyed almost all the lettuce and spinach, and most of the mixed vegetables that were due for harvest at a local farm.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $50,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.

Small hail pelted the ground for about 15 minutes. It destroyed almost all the lettuce and spinach, and most of the mixed vegetables that were due for harvest at a local farm.

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 Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 19, 7:30 AM PST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:30 AM PST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
830 AM PDT THU MAY 19 2005

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL SEND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
TROUGHS ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS
WILL KEEP SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN
PACIFIC THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE
LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THIS COMBINED WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE AREA WILL KEEP
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST.

THE OFFSHORE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO PUSH ONSHORE SUNDAY MORNING AS AN
ASSOCIATED JET LIFTS NORTH THROUGH THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING
A PERIOD OF RAIN AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THEREAFTER...ZONAL
FLOW WILL PREVAIL. NO ORGANIZED SYSTEMS ADVERTISED AND IT WILL
LIKELY BE A MOSTLY DRY PERIOD. CHANCE OF SHOWERS FINE FOR NOW.

CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK. NO UPDATES PLANNED THIS MORNING.
SCHNEIDER

&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AGAIN TODAY WITH CEILINGS 5K-6K FT AND
LOCAL 3-4K. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SE 10
KT AT KSEA. CHB

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL WATERS
EXCEPT CENTRAL STRAIT AND PUGET SOUND.

&&

.KATX...VCP12/CSR21 OPERATIONAL.

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 8:46 AM PST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
946 AM PDT THU MAY 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ARLINGTON               48.18N 122.14W
05/18/2005                   SNOHOMISH          WA   PUBLIC

            CARPORT BLOWN DOWN. TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN. FENCE
            DOWN.

&&

GS

Local storm report, May 19, 8:46 AM PST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
946 AM PDT THU MAY 19 2005...CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ARLINGTON               48.18N 122.14W
05/18/2005                   SNOHOMISH          WA   PUBLIC

            CARPORT BLOWN DOWN. TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN. FENCE
            DOWN.

&&

GS

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Snohomish

When: May 19, 11:30 AM PST
Where: Snohomish County, Monroe
Measured: 0.4 in hail
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 47.850, -121.967

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

Every storm in Washington in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, May 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: 5446010.