Hail, Wayne
- When
- June 9, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Milanville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -75.070
Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 9, 2009
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in an unstable air mass ahead of an approaching cold front. Isolated severe storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $4,000
- 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 BGM wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in an unstable air mass ahead of an approaching cold front. Isolated severe storms produced large 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 9, 1:03 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:03 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 203 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MORE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... COLD FRONT ENTERING WESTERN PTN OF CWA ATTM WITH NO ACTIVITY ALONG BOUNDARY SO FAR. WATER VAPOR INDICATES VERY DRY MID LEVEL AIR ADVECTING ACROSS REGION. MODELS SOUNDINGS AND 12Z RAOB AT BUF INDICATE CAPE VALUES AROUND 2,000 J/KG WILL BE REALIZED ONCE SFC TEMPS REACH THE UPPER 70S. WITH BOUNDARY MOVING INTO WRN/NRN PTN OF CWA ATTM LOWERED POPS TO CHC HERE BUT KEPT LIKELY POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON REST OF AREA. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY, FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE AND MID LEVEL DRY AIR, POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL WITH ANY STRONG CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR ALSO SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. ATTM BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON APPEARS EAST OF I81 AND ACROSS ALL OF NE PA. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY...AFTER LINGERING CONVECTION FOR EASTERN PTN OF FA SFC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER REGION WITH DRIER WEATHER. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WED NGT AND CONTINUE INTO THU EVE. A FEW SHOWERS COULD FORM WED AFTN DUE TO LL INSTABILITY IF ANY FORCING OCCURS. MODELS FASTER PUSHING PRECIP ITO THE AREA WED AFTN. THE MAJORITY OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE WED OVERNIGHT TO THU EVE. THE STEADIEST PRECIP WILL BE ACROSS THE NE PA AND THE CATSKILLS WHILE A SFC LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES ALONG THROUGH PA THU. WITH AMPLE FORCING AND MID LEVEL INSTABILITY AND WEAK HEIGHT FALLS THERE COULD BE SOME EMBEDDED TS. SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF FROM W TO E THU NGT. ANOTHER SOAKING RAIN WITH WIDESPREAD ONE INCH RAINS. LOCALIZED HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS DUE TO TS. PWATS OVER 1.5 INCHES WITH SATURATED SOUNDINGS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... VERY FEW CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SOME SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE CWA. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WITH A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS OF MVFR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREAS OF MVFR WILL BE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. EXPECTING ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND WIND AS THE MAIN THREATS. THESE STORMS ARE AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT HAS MADE IT INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK. THIS FRONT IS SLOW MOVING AND WILL MOVE THROUGH VERY SUBTLY...WITH WINDS ONLY 5 TO 10 KTS AHEAD AND BEHIND IT. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES...SKIES SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR. WITH DEW POINTS UP IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOW 60S...FOG IS VERY POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEASTERN PA TONIGHT. HAVE REDUCED VIS IN THE TAFS TO REFLECT THIS. OUTLOOK... WED...VFR XCPT VLY FOG AT ELM WED MRNG. WED NGT THRU THU...MVFR/IFR IN RAIN. FRI THRU SAT...VFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TAC NEAR TERM...RRM SHORT TERM...TAC LONG TERM...SLI AVIATION...SLI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 12:46 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 146 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 NYZ045-046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-101800- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 146 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 355 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 MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-101800- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- 146 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:52 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 152 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 NYZ044-045-091900- CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY- 152 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CORTLAND AND WEST CENTRAL CHENANGO COUNTIES... * AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCGRAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FREETOWN CORNERS AND SOLON AT 200 PM EDT... EAST FREETOWN AND TEXAS VALLEY AT 210 PM EDT... TAYLOR AND WILLET AT 215 PM EDT... CINCINNATUS AND PITCHER AT 220 PM EDT... GERMAN AT 225 PM EDT... MC DONOUGH AND PHARSALIA AT 230 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
210 PM EDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0201 PM HAIL 4 SE CLINTON 43.01N 75.32W
06/09/2009 E0.75 INCH ONEIDA NY PUBLIC
&&
MSELocal storm report, Jun 9, 2:01 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM HAIL RICHFIELD SPRINGS 42.85N 74.99W
06/09/2009 E1.75 INCH OTSEGO NY PUBLIC
&&
JMLThe radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Susquehanna
- When
- June 9, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Susquehanna County, 2.17 mi ESE of Hickory Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.960, -75.640
The public reported a large tree and large branches down at two different places along Route 171 between Susquehanna and Hallstead.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 9, 2009
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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: 181985, 181987.