Hail — Richmond, New York

2025-07-03 · near Great Kills, Richmond, New York

Event narrative

Photo shared by NYC Emergency Management of quarter sized hail in Huguenot.

Wider weather episode

Deep layered troughing approached the area from the west along with a cold front at the surface. The area was able to destabilize ahead of the cold front to between 1000 and 1500 j/kg of MLCAPE. The front sparked showers and thunderstorms and with 30 to 40 kt of Effective Bulk Shear available, many of the storms became strong to severe. Single cells and multi-cell clusters were able to produce damaging wind gusts in southeast NY.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1272565. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.