NZ Historic Weather Events Catalogue
March 1994 Hawke's Bay Hail ( 1994-03-02 )
Hailstorms resulted in heavy crop losses throughout the Heretaunga Plains.
Hawke's Bay
Heavy Rain
at
Hawke's Bay
Heretaunga Plains recorded 15 mm (1.5 cm) of rain in 10 minutes on the 2nd March 1994.
Lightning
The rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Hail
Hail slammed down, ripping fruit and grapes which were almost ready for harvest.
There was extensive damage to apple and grape crops.
Some hailstones had a diameter of 30 mm.
Insurance industry payouts for property damage and crop loss totalled $10,800,000 in 1994 ($15,622,000 2010 dollars).
Insurance payouts for crops totalled $9,400,000 in 1994 ($13,597,000 2010 dollars).
The hailstorm lasted for 10 minutes.
On the Heretaunga Plains one orchardist estimated that his entire crop was destroyed.
3,700,000 cartoons of export apples were lost in the storm. This was over 50 percent of the total regions export apple crop of 6,000,000.
The hail destroyed more than $1,000,000 ($1,446,500 2010 dollars) worth of the Hawkes Bays Golden Queen peach crop.
Hail
at
Hastings
Hastings, including Flaxmere, had claims of damage to stock and contents worth $105,099 ($152,000 2010 dollars).
There was mutilation of Hastings fruit crops in a violent hailstorm.
Lightning
Lightning and thunder accompained the storm.
Heavy Rain
Heavy rain flooded shops and businesses and several stores closed.
Flooding
There was flooding in several areas.
Roads were flooded.
There were reports of thousands of dollars worth of damage after water poured through stores.
Kmart and Deka was closed due to flooding. Kmart had damage estimated at tens of thousands of dollars as water flowed through store like a river. Stock damaged included stereos and other appliances. The new stock in Deka was damaged and was estimated to cost the store $10,000 ($14,500 2010 dollars).
High Wind / Gust
Strong winds blew a tree down on Longlands Road delaying traffic.
Winds blew out windows.
Hail
at
Ngatarawa
In the Ngatarawa area atleast $675,000 ($976,400 2010 dollars) worth of grapes were destroyed by the hail.
It was estimated that 60 hectares of vineyards had lost their crops, which was the equivalent to 450 tonnes of grapes.
All leaves were stripped from one vineyard and fruit destroyed.
Hail
at
Roys Hill
In the Roys Hill area there were two hailstorms. One lasted for four minutes and five minutes later a second one started and lasted for one minute.
References
- Catalogue of Severe Hail Storms, 1924 - 1986 and 1991 - 2006; Source: DIGEST
- Insurance Councils, The Cost of Weather Loses, Claims histroy (Updated 2004)
- Meteorological Society of New Zealand (Inc.) Newsletter 57, June 1994
- Niwa Wind File
- Headline: $1m Golden Queen crop lost to hail.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: $675,000 of grapes ruined.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: 2000 may lose jobs after hail.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: Shops tally cost.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: Storm a $50m blow.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: Millions lost in Hail Storm.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald-Tribune, 2 March 1994.
- Headline: Natural disaster bill $442m.
- The Press, Source: NZPA, 8 July 1995.
March 1994 Hawke's Bay Hail ( 1994-03-02 )
Hailstorms resulted in heavy crop losses throughout the Heretaunga Plains.
Hawke's Bay
Heavy Rain
at
Hawke's Bay
Heretaunga Plains recorded 15 mm (1.5 cm) of rain in 10 minutes on the 2nd March 1994.
Lightning
The rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Hail
Hail slammed down, ripping fruit and grapes which were almost ready for harvest.
There was extensive damage to apple and grape crops.
Some hailstones had a diameter of 30 mm.
Insurance industry payouts for property damage and crop loss totalled $10,800,000 in 1994 ($15,622,000 2010 dollars).
Insurance payouts for crops totalled $9,400,000 in 1994 ($13,597,000 2010 dollars).
The hailstorm lasted for 10 minutes.
On the Heretaunga Plains one orchardist estimated that his entire crop was destroyed.
3,700,000 cartoons of export apples were lost in the storm. This was over 50 percent of the total regions export apple crop of 6,000,000.
The hail destroyed more than $1,000,000 ($1,446,500 2010 dollars) worth of the Hawkes Bays Golden Queen peach crop.
Hail
at
Hastings
Hastings, including Flaxmere, had claims of damage to stock and contents worth $105,099 ($152,000 2010 dollars).
There was mutilation of Hastings fruit crops in a violent hailstorm.
Lightning
Lightning and thunder accompained the storm.
Heavy Rain
Heavy rain flooded shops and businesses and several stores closed.
Flooding
There was flooding in several areas.
Roads were flooded.
There were reports of thousands of dollars worth of damage after water poured through stores.
Kmart and Deka was closed due to flooding. Kmart had damage estimated at tens of thousands of dollars as water flowed through store like a river. Stock damaged included stereos and other appliances. The new stock in Deka was damaged and was estimated to cost the store $10,000 ($14,500 2010 dollars).
High Wind / Gust
Strong winds blew a tree down on Longlands Road delaying traffic.
Winds blew out windows.
Hail
at
Ngatarawa
In the Ngatarawa area atleast $675,000 ($976,400 2010 dollars) worth of grapes were destroyed by the hail.
It was estimated that 60 hectares of vineyards had lost their crops, which was the equivalent to 450 tonnes of grapes.
All leaves were stripped from one vineyard and fruit destroyed.
Hail
at
Roys Hill
In the Roys Hill area there were two hailstorms. One lasted for four minutes and five minutes later a second one started and lasted for one minute.
References
- Catalogue of Severe Hail Storms, 1924 - 1986 and 1991 - 2006; Source: DIGEST
- Insurance Councils, The Cost of Weather Loses, Claims histroy (Updated 2004)
- Meteorological Society of New Zealand (Inc.) Newsletter 57, June 1994
- Niwa Wind File
- Headline: $1m Golden Queen crop lost to hail.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: $675,000 of grapes ruined.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: 2000 may lose jobs after hail.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: Shops tally cost.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: Storm a $50m blow.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 3 March 1994.
- Headline: Millions lost in Hail Storm.
- The Hawkes Bay Herald-Tribune, 2 March 1994.
- Headline: Natural disaster bill $442m.
- The Press, Source: NZPA, 8 July 1995.