Hail, Kenai Peninsula
- When
- June 21, 5:40 PM AKST to 6:00 PM AKST
- Where
- Kenai Peninsula County, 40 mi E of Soldotna to 37 mi E of Soldotna
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 60.480, -149.876
Hail in Alaska, June 21, 2007
Severe thunderstorms developed on the interior Kenai Peninsula. Spotter reports were of hail 1/2 to 3/4 inch and heavy rain with these Thunderstorms.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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
- 2
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 AFC wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed on the interior Kenai Peninsula. Spotter reports were of hail 1/2 to 3/4 inch and heavy rain with these Thunderstorms.
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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 7:40 AM AKST, 10 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:40 AM AKST, 10 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 140 PM ADT THU JUN 21 2007 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THIS AFTERNOON...A HUGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTH PACIFIC EXTENDS NORTH INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. OVER SOUTHCENTRAL...THERE IS A WEAKER NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED UPPER LEVEL HIGH WITH A WEAK BUT IMPORTANT SURFACE TROUGH UNDERLYING IT. A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW WITH A WEAK SURFACE LOW UNDERNEATH IS PRESENT AROUND THE YUKON DELTA. ANOTHER LOW IS PRESENT OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST BERING. .MODEL DISCUSSION... GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT EXISTS. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL... MOST IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON EXISTING FIRES AND ON ANY NEW FIRES. MAIN FOCUS OF STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM INLAND KENAI PENINSULA NORTHEAST TO THE CHUGACH AND NORTH TO THE TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS AND NORTH/WEST PART OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT EVER GETS AROUND HERE. ACTIVITY ALREADY GETTING GOING AS OF THIS WRITING. EXPECT CONVECTION TO BY FAR BE AT ITS MAX LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING COMPARED TO UPCOMING DAYS. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NEAR THE YUKON DELTA WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...WITH STRONGER...WETTER...AND COOLER ONSHORE FLOW BEGINNING. THE MARINE STRATUS WHICH IS CURRENTLY PRESENT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH PRECIPITATION BEING MORE STRATIFORM IN NATURE RATHER THAN CONVECTIVE. SOUTHWEST MAINLAND... THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND IS IN FOR WET AND COOL WEATHER TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. LOW NEAR THE YUKON DELTA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN TO THE BETHEL AREA. RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE REST OF THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND THURSDAY AS A LOW MOVING EAST ACROSS THE BERING TONIGHT MERGES WITH THE ALREADY PRESENT LOW AROUND THE YUKON DELTA. A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND INTO THE WEEKEND...KEEPING THE RAIN AROUND. ALEUTIANS/BERING... A LOW WITH FAIRLY WEAK WINDS BUT COPIOUS RAIN WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE BERING TONIGHT AND INTO BRISTOL BAY BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING RAIN TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE SOUTH OF SAINT MATTHEW TONIGHT. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. SOMEWHAT MOIST NORTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN BERING/ALEUTIANS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A RESULT OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND. RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS ON SUNDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE SQUEEZED IN BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. .LONG TERM FORECAST... NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE IN ANYTHING BEYOND THIS WEEKEND. IN GENERAL...IT LOOKS LIKE THE COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROBABLY BE OVER THE EASTERN BERING...WITH UNSETTLED WEATHER AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN BERING/ALEUTIANS. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG WARNING 141. FOISY JUN 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:40 AM AKST, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
540 PM ADT THU JUN 21 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM HAIL MOOSE PASS 60.47N 149.39W
06/21/2007 E0.75 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY-SIZED HAIL NEAR MOOSE
PASS. HAIL LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.
&&
DANGLocal storm report, Jun 21, 12:06 PM AKST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
606 PM ADT THU JUN 21 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM HAIL MOOSE PASS 60.47N 149.39W
06/21/2007 E0.75 INCH AK PUBLIC
GENERAL PUBLIC ESTIMATE UP TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN AND 3/4
INCH HAIL AT MOOSE PASS. RAINING MORE THAN HALF
HOUR...HARD AT TIMES...CREATING PUDDLES ON ROADS.
&&
DANGThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- June 21, 5:44 PM AKST to 6:00 PM AKST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns County, Moose Pass to 3 mi S of Moose Pass
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 60.480, -149.370
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 21, 2007
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 21 to 23, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 2007
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 21, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 21, 2007
- Tornado and Hail in New York, June 21, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 21, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 21, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 21, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 21, 2007
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, June 2007
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: 31907, 31908.