Hail in Pennsylvania, September 9, 2006

Name: Hail in Pennsylvania, September 9, 2006
Start: 2006-09-09T14:39
End: 2006-09-09T14:39
Location: Pennsylvania

September 9, 2006 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 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 Sep 9, 9:45 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 9:45 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1045 AM EDT SAT SEP 9 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT - SUNDAY/...
UPDATE...ISSUED ZONE/GRID UPDATE TO FRESHEN WORDING AND UP POPS TO
LIKELY ACROSS NRN CWA. REST OF FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE. COVERAGE
ACROSS NRN FINGER LAKES REGION ALREADY FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AND
ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE BY MIDDAY AS FRONT DROPS
SOUTH. CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS NOT REAL EXCITING BUT MID LEVEL WINDS
FIELDS AND BULK SHEAR VALUES INDICATE A FEW SEVERE STORMS COULD
DEVELOP WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.    RRM

A LEADING SHORT WAVE IS MOVING THROUGH UPSTATE NY THIS MORNING.
CONVECTION WITH IT IS DYING AS IT MOVES E. LITTLE WILL BE LEFT WHEN
IT GETS TO CWA. PUT IN A SCHC POP FOR EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG SFC
COLD FRONT STILL IN SRN ONTARIO. THIS WILL MOVE S INTO CWA THIS
MORNING AND INTO NE PA THIS AFTN. PRECIP WILL BE BEHIND FRONT WHERE
BETTER MOISTURE IS. WEAK WIND FIELDS WITH NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL
FLOW. PWATS JUST OVER 1 INCH. SFC DEWPTS NEAR 60 WITH SOME HEATING
THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE CLOUDS WILL SET OFF SOME SHOWERS AND TS.
MOD LL INSTABILITY WITH INITIALLY DRY AIR ALOFT WILL LEAD TO SOME
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIP WILL
HAVE A SLOW SOUTHWARD PUSH BUT TRAINING WILL BE LIKELY WITH CORFIDI
VECTORS UNDER 10 KTS. LACK OF MOISTURE SHOULD LIMIT QPF. FLASH
FLOODING NOT LIKELY WITH GUIDANCE OVER 2 INCHES IN 3 HRS.

SAT NGT PRECIP WILL BE DYING WITH THE SHORT WAVE HEADING EAST AND
DIURNAL HEATING GONE. HAVE A CHC OF JUST EVE SH AND TS. CLOUDS WILL
BE SLOW TO CLEAR WITH THE LOWERING INVERSION AND SLOWING SOUTHERLY
PROGRESS. WILL NOT ADD PATCHY FOG DESPITE THE WET GROUND.

ON SUNDAY...LOW LEVEL NE FLOW COMBINED WITH DRY AIR ABOVE THIS LAYER
WILL MEAN SKIES WILL BE CLEARING ESPECIALLY IN THE NE CWA WITH
DOWNSLOPE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING SLOWLY SOUTH.
CLOUDIEST AREAS WOULD BE NE PA.
&&

.AVIATION (09/12Z TO 10/12Z)...
FOG AT ELM WILL BURN OFF BY 14Z... OTHERWISE EXPECT MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS THRU TODAY. SCT THUNDERSTORMS WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING MAY BRING BRIEF LOCAL MVFR
CONDITIONS TO A FEW SITES BETWEEN 18Z AND 02Z... BUT CONFIDENCE IS
NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE AT ANY SPECIFIC TAF SITE. MVFR CIGS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT.
MSE

&&

.LONG TERM /SUN NGT THROUGH FRI/...
STRONG HIPRES BLDS INTO THE AREA SUN AND HOLDS THRU MIDWEEK.
CANADIAN AIR QUITE CHILLY AND SOME UPPER 30S TEMPS SEEM LIKELY MON
MRNG. CLSD H5 LOW DVLPS OVER THE OH VLY AND SLOWLY PUSHES EAST.
MODEL TUN DIFRNCS AND TIMING...BUT TREND APPEARS TO BE TO SLOW
SYSTEM DOWN AND HOLD OFF ON PCPN UNTIL WED. ONCE IN HERE...MAINLY
LGT PCPN WILL LINGER INTO FRI BEFORE RDGG BUILDS BACK IN PLACE.

TEMPS WILL GNRLY BE BLO AVG THRU THE PD WITH THE BIG HI...FLWD BY
OVC CONDS AND RAIN. MORFORD
&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NY...NONE.
.PA...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 3:20 AM EST, 11 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
420 AM EDT SAT SEP 9 2006

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-100830-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
420 AM EDT SAT SEP 9 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 ALTHOUGH
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO THE EVENING. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM COULD HAVE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RAIN SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY
AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 9, 2:02 PM EST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
302 PM EDT SAT SEP 09 2006

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

0115 PM     HAIL             COOPERSTOWN             42.70N 74.93W
09/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       OTSEGO             NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GUSTY WINDS AND DIME SIZED HAIL.

0213 PM     HAIL             WALTON                  42.17N 75.13W
09/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       DELAWARE           NY   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZED HAIL IN WALTON.

&&

MSE

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 2:20 PM EST, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
320 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2006

NYZ025-092015-
TOMPKINS NY-
320 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREEVILLE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DRYDEN AT 325 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

MSE

Local storm report, Sep 9, 2:24 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 09 2006

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

0302 PM     HAIL             TUNKHANNOCK             41.54N 75.95W
09/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       WYOMING            PA   PUBLIC

0302 PM     HAIL             TUNKHANNOCK             41.54N 75.95W
09/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       WYOMING            PA   PUBLIC

&&

PB

Local storm report, Sep 9, 2:29 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
329 PM EDT SAT SEP 09 2006

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

0310 PM     HAIL             LAKE WINOLA             41.50N 75.87W
09/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       WYOMING            PA   PUBLIC

&&

PB

Local storm report, Sep 9, 2:33 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
333 PM EDT SAT SEP 09 2006

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

0328 PM     HAIL             SCRANTON                41.40N 75.67W
09/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       LACKAWANNA         PA   PUBLIC

&&

PB

Local storm report, Sep 9, 2:35 PM EST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
335 PM EDT SAT SEP 09 2006

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

0331 PM     HAIL             DUNMORE                 41.42N 75.61W
09/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       LACKAWANNA         PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PB

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lackawanna

When: September 9, 2:39 PM EST
Where: Lackawanna County, Scranton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.417, -75.667

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, September 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: 5533857.