Hail, Otsego
- When
- June 12, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego County, Morris
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -75.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 12, 2007
A low pressure system stalled over the Western Atlantic. Moisture and instability on the back side of this low produced scattered convection and several reports of hail and damaging winds.
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
- 20
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 BGM wrote it up.
A low pressure system stalled over the Western Atlantic. Moisture and instability on the back side of this low produced scattered convection and several reports of hail and damaging winds.
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 Jun 12, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES...AND LOW PRESSURE OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON THURSDAY. CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA CAN EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS PASSING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CATSKILL AND POCONO MOUNTAINS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...FOLLOWED BY SEASONABLY COOL READINGS AT NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH UNTIL 00Z, FOR WESTERN CATSKILLS, SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. SEVERE THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEST OVER WESTERN CATSKILLS AND POCONOS. PRIMARY THREAT FROM SEVERE TSRA WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN LIFTS BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS SOUTH WITH DRIER AIR FROM CANADA AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WORKING INTO THE AREA WEDS NIGHT AND THURS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOCUS FURTHER SOUTH WITH TIME...SO MAINTAINED ONLY CHC/SLIGHT CHC POPS ON WED FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER NY SOUTH INTO THE WYOMING VALLEY/POCONOS. DO NOT BELIEVE THE WEAK INVERTED TROF AXIS POKING ACROSS NEPA INTO SC NY WILL BECOME AS ACTIVE AS NAM SUGGESTS WEDS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT SPELLS DRY WX CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. AIRMASS CHANGES SLIGHTLY COOLER AS THE HIGH BUILDS DOWN FROM NEW ENGLAND...WITH 850 MB TEMPS NOSING DOWN TO 8-10C BY THURSDAY. BLENDED MAV/FWC CATCHES THIS TREND AND LOOKS ACCEPTABLE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... UA LOPRES IS FCSTD TO WOBBLE NWRD AND BE ABSORBED BY THE WLYS. THIS ALLOWS A BROADER RDG TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. TROF DROPPING INTO NEW ENG IN THE NW FLOW MAY TRIGGER A FEW TRWS SAT NGT... OTRW...CONDS SHD BE MAINLY DRY. SHRT WV AND COLD FNT LOOKS TO MVE IN AND BRING A MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE OF RAIN...JUST AFTER THIS XTNDD PD. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SCT TRWS HAVE DVLPD OVER THE ERN AREEAS THIS AFTN AND WILL MAINLY AFFECT AVP...ALTHOUGH ISTLD TRWS PSBL AS FAR WEST AS BGM AND RME. FOR THE MOST PART...MOST SHD BE BRIEF WITH LWRD CIGS AND VSBYS. MUCH OF THE ACTVITY IS ANCHORED BY TERRAIN...AND SHD RAPIDLY WEAKEN AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. OTRW...XPCTG VFR CONDS TO PREVAIL THRU THIS PD. XCPTN COULD BE AT ELM WHERE SOME BRIEF MRNG FOG LWRS CIGS AND VSBY INTO THE MVFR RNAGE. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RESTRICTIONS IN SHRA AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT AVP. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE MORNING FOG AT ELM EACH DAY. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAB NEAR TERM...RRM SHORT TERM...JAB LONG TERM...DGM AVIATION...DGM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 12:21 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 121 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-055-131730- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-TIOGA- 121 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NYZ045-046-056-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-131730- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 121 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 386 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:19 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
119 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 PM HAIL DINGMANS FERRY 41.22N 74.88W
06/12/2007 E0.88 INCH PIKE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
DGMLocal storm report, Jun 12, 12:53 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
153 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HAIL 4 NW DINGMANS FERRY 41.26N 74.94W
06/12/2007 E0.75 INCH PIKE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
DGMSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 1:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 255 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 PAZ044-047-122000- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA- 255 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LACKAWANNA AND EASTERN LUZERNE COUNTIES... * AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENDALE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... YATESVILLE AND PITTSTON AT 300 PM EDT... WESTMINISTER AND LAFLIN AT 305 PM EDT... HUDSON AND MINERS MILLS AT 310 PM EDT... BEAR CREEK AND LAUREL RUN AT 320 PM EDT... PRESTON AT 325 PM EDT... TUNNEL AND PENN LAKE PARK AT 330 PM EDT... REILY AND WHITE HAVEN AT 340 PM EDT... SPRINGTOWN AND DORRANCE AT 350 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
Event by event
12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Otsego
- When
- June 12, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego County, Edmeston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -75.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Chenango
- When
- June 12, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango County, Columbus
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -75.370
Several trees were knocked down.
Hail, Broome
- When
- June 12, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broome County, 1.48 mi SSW of Binghamton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -75.910
Hail, Madison
- When
- June 12, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Hubbardsville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -75.470
Hail, Madison
- When
- June 12, 4:31 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Hubbardsville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -75.470
Hail, Madison
- When
- June 12, 4:43 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Brookfield
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -75.320
Hail, Chenango
- When
- June 12, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango County, 0.86 mi NE of Earlville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.740, -75.540
Hail, Chenango
- When
- June 12, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango County, Pharsalia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -75.770
Funnel Cloud, Oneida
- When
- June 12, 5:49 PM EST
- Where
- Oneida County, Clinton
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -75.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Oneida
- When
- June 12, 5:49 PM EST
- Where
- Oneida County, Clinton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -75.380
Several trees were knocked down.
Hail, Madison
- When
- June 12, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, 1.23 mi NE of Rippleton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -75.850
Hail, Madison
- When
- June 12, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Erieville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -75.730
Hail, Cortland
- When
- June 12, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland County, 0.69 mi S of Mc Graw
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.590, -76.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Cortland
- When
- June 12, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland County, 0.69 mi S of Mc Graw
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.590, -76.100
Several trees were blown down.
Hail, Cortland
- When
- June 12, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland County, 0.86 mi SW of Marathon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.440, -76.040
Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga
- When
- June 12, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga County, Berkshire
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -76.180
Large trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga
- When
- June 12, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga County, Richford
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -76.200
Trees were uprooted and large limbs were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga
- When
- June 12, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga County, 0.51 mi W of Candor
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -76.340
Trees and wires were blown down. A lot of limbs and other debris covered some roads.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chemung
- When
- June 12, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Chemung County, Chemung
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -76.620
Large trees were blown down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 12, 2007
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 12, 2007
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: 43907, 43908, 43921, 43911, 43912, 43913, 43914, 43915, 43916, 43905, 43922, 43917, 43918, 43919, 43923, 43920, 43925, 43926, 43927, 43929.