Hail, Rockbridge
- When
- July 2, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rockbridge County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -79.500
Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 2, 1968
8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fairfax
- When
- July 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfax County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -77.280
Hail, Loudoun
- When
- July 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Loudoun County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -77.400
Hail, Loudoun
- When
- July 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Loudoun County
- Measured
- 5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -77.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -80.400
Hail, Nelson
- When
- July 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -78.900
Hail, Albemarle
- When
- July 2, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Albemarle County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -78.580
Hail, Stafford
- When
- July 2, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -77.280
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- July 2, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -78.780
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 2, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 2, 1968
- Hail in Maryland, July 2, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 1968
- Hail in West Virginia, July 2, 1968
- Hail in Delaware, July 2, 1968
- Tornado in Florida, July 2, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 2, 1968
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 2, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 2, 1968
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10154222, 10154223, 10154224, 10154225, 10154226, 10154227, 10154228, 10154229, 10154230.