Hail, Harrison
- When
- July 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -80.350
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 20, 1986
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 12
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Monongalia
- When
- July 20, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monongalia County
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -79.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Preston
- When
- July 20, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Preston County
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -79.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Barbour
- When
- July 20, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Barbour County
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -80.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Tucker
- When
- July 20, 4:27 PM CST
- Where
- Tucker County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -79.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- July 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -80.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Upshur
- When
- July 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Upshur County
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -80.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 20, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -82.200
Hail, Randolph
- When
- July 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -79.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampshire
- When
- July 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hampshire County
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -78.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardy
- When
- July 20, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hardy County
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -79.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Wyoming
- When
- July 20, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wyoming County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -81.530
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1986
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 20, 1986
- Hail in Utah, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 20, 1986
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: 10150200, 10150201, 10150202, 10150203, 10150204, 10150205, 10150206, 10150207, 10150208, 10150209, 10150210, 10150211.