Hail, Cortland
- When
- May 13, 4:23 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland County, Scott
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -76.233
Hail in New York, May 13, 2006
4 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 13, 2:02 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:02 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 301 PM PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY - MONDAY)... CLSD UA LOW OVER SRN WI THIS AFTN WILL DROP TO THE MID OH VLY BY SUN EVE. TWO PERSISTENT AREAS OF PCPN REMAIN IN PLACE...OVER CNTRL NEW ENG ALONG THE SELY INFLOW BAND AND THE CLDS AND PCPN ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW. FCST AREA WILL REMAIN IN A RELATIVE DRY SLOT BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. WITH HTG AND COLD POOL ALOFT...INSTABILITY WILL AGAIN FIRE CONV SUN AFTN. WITH WEAK BNDRIES ARND...DFCLT TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE THE FAVORED AREAS OF CONV WILL BE...BUT NAM ACTUALLY SHOWS US TO BE A LTL LESS UNSTABLE TMRW. NAM DID A GOOD JOB OF INDICATING THE MORE WRN AREAS WLD BE UNDER THE GUN TODAY. WILL CONT WITH LIKELY POPS THIS EVE IN THE WRN ZONES...THEN GO WITH A GENERIC LOW CHANCE OVRNGT AS THERE/S LTL FRCG FOR PCPN. SUN WILL FEATURE AFTN CONV AGAIN...BUT AS SAID ABV...INDICATORS SEEM TO SHOW LESS INSTABILITY SO WLD XPCT LESS CONV OVERALL. LTR SUN NGT AND MON WILL SEE AN INCRS IN SHWRS AS THE FILLING LOW BEGINS TO LIFT NWRD INTO WRN NY. WEAKENING BAND OF SHWRS WILL MVE ACROSS THE AREA INTO MON MRNG...FLWD GENERIC CLDNS AND SHWRS IUNDER THE BODY OF THE UA LOW. MORFORD && .AVIATION (13/18Z - 14/18Z)... UCA/SYR, VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 06Z WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS BTW 18Z-22Z WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS DUE TO CIGS. AFTER 06Z, CIGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR THEN BACK TO VFR AFTER 14Z. FOR ELM/ITH/BGM/AVP, VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 06Z WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS BTW 18Z-21Z WITH MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO RESTRICTIONS IN VSBY/CIG. AFTER 06Z, CIGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR THEN BACK TO VFR AFTER 14Z. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE E/SE AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS EXCEPT FOR UCA WHERE DAYTIME GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL OCCUR. RRM && .LONG TERM (MON NGT - SAT)... EXTENDED DOMINATED BY UPPER LEVEL TROF THAT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ERN CONUS. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NYS ON TUESDAY THEN LIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA/NRN NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY. AS THIS FEATURE LIFTS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED SFC REFLECTION APPROACHES THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND CROSSES NYS THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL ENHANCE THE UPPER LEVEL TROF THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEKEND. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY WITH UPPER LEVEL FEATURE IN VCNTY THEN CHC POPS FOR REMAINDER OF PERIOD. RRM && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NY...NONE. .PA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:25 AM EST, 12 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 425 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 NYZ009-036-037-045-046-057-062-PAZ040-048-072-140830- NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-DELAWARE- SULLIVAN-NORTHERN WAYNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 425 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NYZ015>018-022>025-044-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-044-047-140830- YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG- TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE- 425 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. JAB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:06 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 206 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 PAZ038-131845- BRADFORD PA- 206 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVANIA..AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COWLEY AT 215 PM EDT... DUNNING AT 225 PM EDT... GILLETT AT 230 PM EDT... MOSHERVILLE AT 245 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Local storm report, May 13, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL PORT BYRON 43.04N 76.63W
05/13/2006 E1.75 INCH CAYUGA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
&&
RHBSpecial weather statement, May 13, 2:59 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 359 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 NYZ023-025-132045- SCHUYLER NY-TOMPKINS NY- 359 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWFIELD..AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ENFIELD AND NORTHWEST ITHACA AT 410 PM EDT... SMITH VALLEY AT 415 PM EDT... MECKLENBURG AND BENNETTSBURG AT 420 PM EDT... PERRY CITY AND REYNOLDSVILLE AT 425 PM EDT... TRUMANSBURG AND LOGAN AT 430 PM EDT... SEARSBURG AND EAST STEAMBURG AT 435 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. PADAVONA
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:19 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 419 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 NYZ016-017-025-132100- CAYUGA NY-SENECA NY-TOMPKINS NY- 419 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRUMANSBURG..AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TRUMANSBURG AT 425 PM EDT... COVERT AND TOWNSENDVILLE AT 430 PM EDT... INTERLAKEN AND KELLY CORNERS AT 435 PM EDT... KIDDERS AND SHELDRAKE AT 440 PM EDT... SHELDRAKE SPGS AND LEDYARD AT 445 PM EDT... WILLETS AND HAYTS CORNERS AT 450 PM EDT... AURORA AND ROMULUS AT 455 PM EDT... EAST VARICK AND LEVANNA AT 500 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. PADAVONA
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:46 PM EST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 446 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 NYZ018-044-132130- CORTLAND NY-ONONDAGA NY- 446 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VESPER AND TULLY AT 510 PM EDT... OTISCO AND APULIA AT 525 PM EDT... LA FAYETTE AND POMPEY AT 530 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. PADAVONA
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:03 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 503 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 NYZ016-132130- SENECA NY- 503 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERLOO...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DUBLIN AT 520 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. PADAVONA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Onondaga
- When
- May 13, 4:25 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga County, Skaneateles
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -76.417
Hail, Onondaga
- When
- May 13, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga County, Skaneateles
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -76.417
Hail 4 inches deep. Vegetation damage.
Hail, Onondaga
- When
- May 13, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga County, Skaneateles
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -76.417
On Rose Hill Road, 5 miles South of Skaneateles.
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
- Flooding in Massachusetts, May 13 to 15, 2006
- Flood in Maine, May 13 to 16, 2006
- Flooding in New Hampshire, May 13 to 16, 2006
- Flood in New Hampshire, May 13 to 15, 2006
- Coastal Flood in Maine, May 13 to 16, 2006
- Flood in Alaska, May 13, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 13 to 14, 2006
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 13, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, May 13, 2006
- Coastal Flood in New Hampshire, May 13 to 14, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13 to 14, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 2006
More
Every storm in New York in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 2006
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: 5505041, 5505042, 5505043, 5505044.