Hail, Pocahontas
- When
- July 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -79.830
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8, 1980
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 16
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wetzel
- When
- July 8, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wetzel County
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- July 8, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ohio County
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -80.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Wetzel
- When
- July 8, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wetzel County
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- July 8, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -81.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 8, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -80.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 8, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -80.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Tyler
- When
- July 8, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tyler County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Doddridge
- When
- July 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Doddridge County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -80.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Upshur
- When
- July 8, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Upshur County
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -80.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Barbour
- When
- July 8, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Barbour County
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -80.030
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- July 8, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -81.430
Hail, Fayette
- When
- July 8, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -80.850
Hail, Wyoming
- When
- July 8, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wyoming County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -81.570
Hail, Wyoming
- When
- July 8, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wyoming County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -81.570
Hail, Wyoming
- When
- July 8, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wyoming County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -81.480
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 and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 1980
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 8, 1980
- Hail in Indiana, July 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1980
- Hail in Montana, July 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 8, 1980
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1980Every state in 1980This day in weather history
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: 10147726, 10147727, 10147728, 10147729, 10147730, 10147731, 10147732, 10147733, 10147734, 10147735, 10147736, 10147737, 10147738, 10148586, 10148587, 10148588.