Hail — Onondaga, New York

2025-08-24 · near Plainville, Onondaga, New York

Event narrative

Estimated golf ball size hail near Lysander via social media.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving cold front triggered the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area. An unstable environment with sufficient wind shear allows some storms to turn severe, producing damaging wind gusts and hail. One of the severe storms moved over the fairgrounds during the Great New York Fair leading to scattered damage on the grounds and one injury. Storms also led to the formation of a waterspout off of Lewis Point on Oneida Lake.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1288310. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.