EVENTS DATABASE: HAIL

DESCRIPTION:

Contains occurrences of damaging hail in the mid-Atlantic region.

# Occurrences: 4349

# Events: 774

Event Criteria: Consecutive occurrences within 6 hrs of each other

Occurrence Criteria: As classified by NCDC storm events database; most hail > 0.75" in diameter.

Sources: NCDC Storm Events Database

NOTES:

While care was taken to represent times as accurately as possible, some times may be an hour off due to daylight savings time considerations when converting to UTC.

Some states have records extending further backward in time than others.

SELECT DATES:

Database Start Year: 1956; 1996

Database End Year: 2004; 2007

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Group occurrences by event index.

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SELECT FIELDS:

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Field Name
Description
Format
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datetime
The date and time of the event (UTC).
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
  
event_index
Describes to which event the occurrence belongs; typically numbered consecutively.
integer
  
lat
The latitude of the occurrence (N-positive).
floating point number
  
lon
The longitude of the occurrence (W-negative).
floating point number
  
damage
Event damage cost (dollars).
integer

YES
comments
Hail diameter (inches).
floating point number
 YES
state
The US state of the occurrence.
2-letter state abbrev.
  
location
The location name of the occurrence.
text

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Interface designed by SJG for Pennsylvania State Climate Office; Summer 2005