Hail — Rockland, New York

2024-08-03 · near Upper Nyack, Rockland, New York

Event narrative

Public reports 1 inch hail near Radcliff Drive in Upper Nyack NY.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough slowly approached the area as a stalled frontal boundary sat just to our west. With an environment with about 1500 J/kg of MLCAPE and 30 kt of Effective Bulk Shear, thunderstorms that developed were able to become severe and produce damaging wind gusts and large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1213176. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.