Hail, Kanawha
- When
- May 23, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -81.550
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 23, 1988
5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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
- 10
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
5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Roane
- When
- May 23, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Roane County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -81.300
Hail, Kanawha
- When
- May 23, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -81.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Kanawha
- When
- May 23, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -81.550
Hail, Roane
- When
- May 23, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roane County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -81.300
Hail, Braxton
- When
- May 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Braxton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -80.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Brooke
- When
- May 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brooke County
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -80.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- May 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ohio County
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -80.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 23, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -80.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -80.580
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 Hail in South Carolina, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 23, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 23, 1988
- Hail in Mississippi, May 23, 1988
- Hail in Ohio, May 23, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 23, 1988
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, May 1988
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: 10148636, 10148637, 10148638, 10148639, 10148640, 10148641, 10148642, 10148643, 10148644, 10148645.