The hailstorm and accompanying winds that affected the city of
Suceava on 23 July 2020 and neighboring areas compromised crops, uprooted
and broke trees, and caused minor damage to buildings. Field observations to
plant life and buildings were conducted in order to assess the extent of the
damage. Scores were given to crop health state on a scale ranging from no
damage to total crop loss, in order to map out the affected territory and the
degree of damage sustained by the vegetation. Based on these observations, a
hazard map for this particular event was generated, showing the extent of the
destruction. Weather data like wind speed, temperature, rain quantity and
barometric pressure was collected from privately owned weather stations
operated inside the affected area. Graphs based on the weather telemetry
were included in the paper to better understand the scale and the time frame
of the event. Beside documenting the impact of this weather event, the study
also showed the utility of using a network of low cost, automated weather
stations, for providing local weather data to a level of detail otherwise
impossible to access. It was concluded that the damage inflicted to vegetation
affected 9 administrative districts on a total area of 80 km2 in a time span of
30 minutes.