Hail in Kent County, Rhode Island

Hail June 30, 2019 · Kent County, Rhode Island

1.25 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Between 2:27 PM EST and 2:36 PM EST there were four reports of hail in Warwick RI. The largest hail was one and one-quarter inches in diameter and occurred at 2:36 PM. Hail at 2:27 PM was one inch in diameter. The two other reports were three-quarter inch diameter and seven-eighths inch diameter.

The wider storm

A pool of cold air above the surface moved over Southern New England during June 30.

This created sufficient instability to cause thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind. The cold air moved off to the southeast that night.

Began near Apponaug (41.7000, -71.4200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 825554. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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