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Hail in Solano County, California

Hail January 19, 2010 · Solano County, California

0.75 in
Hail diameter
$100K
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Penny sized hail covered the ground to 2 inches deep, resulting in numerous car accidents.

The wider storm

A series of Pacific storms moved across interior Northern California bringing heavy snow, strong winds, and dangerous travel conditions to the mountains. Storm totals in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains measured up to 5 feet above 7000 feet, with amounts of 2 to 3 feet near 5000 feet.

Strong winds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms impacted the Central Valley on the 19th and 20th. An all-time record low barometric pressure was set for Sacramento on the 21st. The lowest sea level pressure at Sacramento Executive Airport was 28.94 inches at 2:46 pm PST. This broke the previous record of 28.95 inches, set on January 27th at the old U.S. Weather Bureau Office in downtown Sacramento.

Began near Vacaville Nut Tree (38.3600, -121.9700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 212353. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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