Hail, Dauphin
- When
- June 9, 1:02 PM EST
- Where
- Dauphin County, Elizabethville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -76.817
Thunderstorms produced penny size /0.75 inch/ hail in Elizabethville.
Hail in Pennsylvania, June 9, 2006
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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 10:04 AM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:04 AM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1104 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AFFECTED PORTIONS OF TIOGA...LYCOMING... AND SULLIVAN COUNTY. FOCUSED A HIGHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER SHOWER DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN CENTRE COUNTY AROUND 1045 AM...IT IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST TOO. SREF AND GUIDANCE FOCUS HIGHEST POPS TO THE NORTHEAST AND UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT HIGHER CHANCE SHOWERS FROM WILLIAMSPORT NORTH AND EAST. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO OUR REGION...IT COULD TRIGGER ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE REGION SO KEPT POPS IN MOST LOCALS IN SLIGHT CATEGORY. SOME MODELS SHOW MODEST CAPE THIS AFTERNOON IMPLYING THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG. IT APPEARS TO BE TRIGGERING SOME WEAK ECHOES IN OUR NW AREAS THIS AM. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD. HIGHEST POPS IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST. LEFT ALL PERIODS AFTER FIRST PERIOD AS IS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WATER VAP LOOP SHOWING POTENT S/WV BARRELLING SOUTHWRD TOWARD GRT LKS THIS AM. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL PA LATER TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY SCT CONVECTION. LATEST MODEL DATA INDICATING FAIRLY WK SHEAR ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT...SO SVR THREAT APPEARS LOW. WILL PLACE HIGHEST POPS OVR NE MTNS...WHERE LEFT FRNT QUAD OF JET STREAK WILL COINCIDE WITH AFTN FROPA. S/WV ENERGY WILL SPAWN ANOTHER COASTAL LOW OFF NEW ENG ON SATURDAY...RESULTING IN BREEZY AND COOL CONDITIONS ACROSS PA THIS WEEKEND. 850 TEMPS WELL BLW NORMAL FOR JUNE...LIKELY HOLDING TEMPS IN THE 60S SAT PM OVR MOST OF THE FA. WEAK WV OF LO PRES WILL LIKELY PASS WELL SOUTH OF PA SAT NITE/EARLY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...ENOUGH SREF MEMBERS PRODUCE MEASURABLE RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS MASON/DIXON TO INSERT CHC POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN TIER. ALSO AN OUTSIDE CHC OF SCT FROST OVR NW MTNS SUN AM...AS SFC RIDGE/DRY AIRMASS SETTLES OVR REGION. LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... MILDER CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER LO LIFT OUT OF NEW ENG. HOWEVER...LATEST MED RANGE MODEL DATA SUGGESTS MEAN TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE OVR THE EASTERN CONUS THRU LATE NEXT WEEK AS ADDITIONAL S/WV ENERGY SPILLS SWRD ON EASTERN SIDE OF PERSISTENT PACIFIC RIDGE. THESE SYSTEMS COULD BRING SCT SHWRS/TSTMS WED/THU IN WHAT OTHERWISE APPEARS A DRY PATTERN FOR NEXT WEEK. AVIATION... TROUGH PERSISTING OVER CENTRAL PA BUT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO PREVAIL. JUST SOME BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS - INITIALLY AS SOME MORNING FOG - THEN SOME LOWER CIGS POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE EASTERN COUNTIES IN SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE TIME PERIOD. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM THE NW TO N AT 5 TO 10 KTS EARLY TODAY AND AGAIN TONIGHT...BUT THEY WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20 KTS DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...GRUMM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:33 AM EST, 9 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 433 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-100845- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 433 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:59 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1159 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 PAZ050-052-091645- NORTHUMBERLAND-SNYDER- 1159 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHUMBERLAND AND SNYDER COUNTIES... AT 1157 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUNBURY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR SUNBURY...NORTHUMBERLAND AROUND 1205 PM...TREVORTON AROUND 1215 PM...SNYDERTOWN...STONINGTON... FARNSWORTH AROUND 1220 PM...RIVERSIDE...FERNDALE...FERNDALE AROUND 1230 PM AND SHAMOKIN AROUND 1235 PM. EXPECTED STRONG WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE 11/15...ROUTE 522...STATE ROAD 61. FORECASTER:RHG
Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:46 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1246 PM EDT FRI JUN 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 PM HAIL DILLSBURG 40.11N 77.03W
06/09/2006 E0.25 INCH YORK PA PUBLIC
&&
VGCSpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 11:53 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1253 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 PAZ027-028-049-050-052-056-057-063-091800- CUMBERLAND-DAUPHIN-JUNIATA-MIFFLIN-NORTHUMBERLAND-PERRY-SNYDER-UNION- 1253 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...JUNIATA... MIFFLIN...NORTHUMBERLAND...PERRY...SNYDER AND UNION COUNTIES... AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF MIFFLINBURG TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIFFLINBURG TO 9 MILES EAST OF LEWISTOWN TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SAND BRIDGE STATE PARK...SPRUCE HILL... PORT ROYAL...HONEY GROVE AROUND 100 PM...TROXELVILLE... MCALISTERVILLE...BEAVER SPRINGS AROUND 105 PM...MIFFLINBURG...FOREST HILL AND BLAIN AROUND 110 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES... I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 58. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FORECASTER:RHG
Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:56 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1256 PM EDT FRI JUN 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM HAIL MECHANICSBURG 40.21N 77.01W
06/09/2006 E0.88 INCH CUMBERLAND PA PUBLIC
1140 AM HAIL NEW CUMBERLAND 40.23N 76.88W
06/09/2006 E0.75 INCH CUMBERLAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL WITH HEAVY RAIN
1240 PM HAIL DILLSBURG 40.11N 77.03W
06/09/2006 E0.25 INCH YORK PA PUBLIC
1245 PM HAIL ELIZABETHVILLE 40.55N 76.82W
06/09/2006 E0.50 INCH DAUPHIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
VGCLocal storm report, Jun 9, 12:34 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
134 PM EDT FRI JUN 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 PM HAIL AUSTIN 41.64N 78.09W
06/09/2006 E0.25 INCH POTTER PA PUBLIC
0105 PM HAIL DOVER 40.00N 76.85W
06/09/2006 E0.25 INCH YORK PA PUBLIC
NUMEROUS PEA SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS GUSTING TO 50
MPH.
0115 PM HAIL MIDDLEBURG 40.79N 77.05W
06/09/2006 E0.25 INCH SNYDER PA EMERGENCY MNGR
0130 PM HAIL MEISERVILLE 40.67N 76.95W
06/09/2006 E0.88 INCH SNYDER PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
VGCLocal storm report, Jun 9, 12:52 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
152 PM EDT FRI JUN 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM HAIL WILLIAMSPORT 41.24N 77.02W
06/09/2006 E0.25 INCH LYCOMING PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0140 PM HAIL WILLIAMSPORT 41.24N 77.02W
06/09/2006 E0.88 INCH LYCOMING PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0149 PM HAIL SHIREMANSTOWN 40.22N 76.96W
06/09/2006 E0.50 INCH CUMBERLAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
VGCThe radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:03 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
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 9 to 10, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 9, 2006
- Hail in Nebraska, June 9, 2006
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 9, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 9, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Utah, June 9, 2006
- High Wind in Alaska, June 9, 2006
- Hail in Utah, June 9, 2006
- Hail in South Dakota, June 9, 2006
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 9, 2006
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 9, 2006
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 9, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5518968.