Hail, Philadelphia
- When
- January 24, 10:38 PM EST to 10:43 PM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -75.167
Hail in Pennsylvania, January 24, 2006
A severe thunderstorm with large hail moved across southern Philadelphia. The thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail from the International Airport northeast to the Walt Whitman Bridge.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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- Marine and coastal
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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 happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm with large hail moved across southern Philadelphia. The thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail from the International Airport northeast to the Walt Whitman Bridge. Some snow also mixed in with the rain and hail during the thunderstorm. Temperatures dropped below freezing under clear skies overnight and caused slippery traveling conditions the next morning.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 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
- High Wind in Iowa, January 24, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 24 to 25, 2006
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, January 24, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 24 to 25, 2006
- Dense Fog in Virginia, January 24, 2006
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, January 24, 2006
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 24 to 25, 2006
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 24 to 25, 2006
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 24, 2006
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 24, 2006
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, January 24, 2006
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 24, 2006
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: 5486626.