Hail, Middle Tanana Valley
- When
- June 2, 4:47 PM AKST to 4:57 PM AKST
- Where
- Middle Tanana Valley County, 7.54 mi NE of College
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 64.936, -147.643
Hail in Alaska, June 2, 2010
75 in diameter was observed by a trained weather spotter 2 miles south of Fox.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
Hail of 0.75 in diameter was observed by a trained weather spotter 2 miles south of Fox.
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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 1:32 PM AKST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:32 PM AKST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 PM AKDT WED JUN 2 2010 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. THERMAL LOW NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER ABOUT NEAR NORTHWAY. THIS THERMAL TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE EASTERLY WAVE PUSHING NORTH FROM THE GULF. THIS EASTERLY WAVE FROM THE GULF IS BRING HOPES OF A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE FIRES ARE LOCATED. AS HIGH BUILDS IN HIGH ARCTIC...LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH NORTHWARD THROUGH THE INTERIOR AND INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST. THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACTIVE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THERMAL TROUGH MOVING NORTHWARD. FRIDAY WILL SEE A DECREASE INA ACTIVITY AS THE AIRMASS STABILIZES FROM THE COOLER AIR BEING TRANSPORTED NORTHWARD. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...SLIGHT REPRIEVE BY END OF WEEK WITH A LITTLE COOLER WITH RH VALUES THAT SHOULD INCREASE A LITTLE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF JUN 10
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 6, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, June 2, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 2, 2010
- Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, June 2 to 7, 2010
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 2010
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, June 2010
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: 223350.