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Event Details
| Event | Hail |
| Magnitude | 1.25 in. |
| State | NEW YORK |
| County/Area | ORLEANS |
| WFO | BUF |
| Begin Date | 06/16/2008 12:50:00 EST-5 |
| Begin Range | 1 |
| Begin Azimuth | SE |
| Begin Location | WEST SHELBY |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 43.16/-78.44 |
| End Date | 06/16/2008 12:50:00 EST-5 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 50.00K |
| Crop Damage | 8.00M |
| Episode Narrative | Western and central New Yorkers experienced a rare widespread large and damaging hail event on the 16th of June. A warm humid airmass at the surface combined with an increasingly cold airmass advecting in aloft. Thunderstorm activity initially focused on the main lake convergence boundary between the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario breezes. The first cells exploded over Niagara and Orleans counties shortly before 1 p.m. and reports of hail came in almost immediately. For the next two hours, cell after cell rolled along a similar path across southern Niagara, southern Orleans, Monroe, Wayne and northern Cayuga counties???many of which had hail of up to an inch-an-a-half diameter. The activity waned for next few hours but after some additional heating due to clearing skies, more hail-filled cells developed. These storms produced hail up to two inches in diameter???a rare event for western New York. One particular thunderstorm formed over Grand Island, Erie county, and intensified as it moved southeast across the densely-populated northern and eastern suburbs of Buffalo. The golf-ball sized hail damaged thousands of automobiles as well as windows, roofs and awnings on homes. At the Amherst Middle School, the hail pierced 1200 to 1500 holes in the skylight roof. |While property damage was significant, the damage to area crops was devastating. The hailstones pummeled fruits leaving divots and cracks. Vegetable plants were stripped of their leaves. Apples, peaches and pears that were not stripped from the tress and could have been sold for eating fresh will have to be sold for processing at a substantially lower cost because of being misshapen and bruised.|The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a Disaster Declaration for Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne counties. Crop damage amounts are estimated since actual dollar losses will not be realized until the agricultural season ends. |
| Event Narrative |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 1.750M | 48.831M | |||||||
| LOCKPORT | NIAGARA CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 11:59 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 240.00K |
| NASHVILLE | NIAGARA CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:10 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 240.00K |
| NORTH TONAWANDA | NIAGARA CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:13 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 240.00K |
| PULTNEYVILLE | WAYNE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:28 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 3.500M |
| SODUS | WAYNE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:45 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 3.500M |
| EAST WILLIAMSON | WAYNE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:45 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 3.500M |
| ALTON | WAYNE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:50 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.50 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 3.500M |
| WEST SHELBY | ORLEANS CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:50 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 8.000M |
| ROSE | WAYNE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:54 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 3.500M |
| CHILI CENTER | MONROE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 12:55 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 35.00K | 133.00K |
| FALCONWOOD | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| NORTH TONAWANDA | NIAGARA CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:03 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 240.00K |
| CATO | CAYUGA CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:10 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 500.00K |
| AMHERST | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:15 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| FAIRPORT | MONROE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:15 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 35.00K | 133.00K |
| BLACKWATCH HILLS | MONROE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:15 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 35.00K | 133.00K |
| EGYPT | MONROE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:18 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 35.00K | 133.00K |
| CLARENCE | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:18 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| CLARENCE | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:20 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.50 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| MERIDIAN | CAYUGA CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:20 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 500.00K |
| EAST PENFIELD | MONROE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:23 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 35.00K | 133.00K |
| AMHERST | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:25 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.50 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| BLACKWATCH HILLS | MONROE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:25 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 35.00K | 133.00K |
| FALCONWOOD | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:25 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.50 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| PALMYRA | WAYNE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:35 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 3.500M |
| ALDEN | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:37 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| SOUTH NEWSTEAD | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:37 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| NEWARK | WAYNE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:40 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 3.500M |
| PORT GIBSON | ONTARIO CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 13:45 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.50 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 1.200M |
| BATAVIA | GENESEE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 14:10 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 60.00K | 3.400M |
| CARLISLE GARDENS | NIAGARA CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 16:24 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 240.00K |
| BROCKPORT LDGVL ARPT | MONROE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 17:10 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 35.00K | 133.00K |
| BYRON | GENESEE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 17:15 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 60.00K | 3.400M |
| KENMORE | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 17:49 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| FALCONWOOD | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 17:51 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| SNYDER | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 17:52 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| FALCONWOOD | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 17:53 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| BUFFALO | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 17:53 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| AMHERST | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 18:00 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| DEPEW | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 18:05 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| CHEEKTOWAGA | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 18:05 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| DEPEW | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 18:10 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.50 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| ALDEN | ERIE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 18:20 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 100.00K |
| DARIEN CENTER | GENESEE CO. | NY | 06/16/2008 | 18:33 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 60.00K | 3.400M |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 1.750M | 48.831M |
