California, 2024

Hail in California, March 24, 2024

March 24, 2024 · NWS LOX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A quick moving storm system brought thunderstorms to parts of Los Angeles county. The thunderstorms generated large hail.

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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 LOX wrote it up.

A quick moving storm system brought thunderstorms to parts of Los Angeles county. The thunderstorms generated large hail.

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Los Angeles

When
March 24, 2:15 PM PST
Where
Los Angeles County, 0.57 mi E of Azusa
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
34.130, -117.910

A strong thunderstorm generate one inch diameter hail in the city of Azusa.

Hail, Los Angeles

When
March 24, 4:04 PM PST
Where
Los Angeles County, El Sereno
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
34.100, -118.180

A strong thunderstorm generate hail with a diameter of 0.88 inches in the city of Alhambra.

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1207125, 1207126.