Hail, Kanawha
- When
- May 6, 10:02 AM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -81.630
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 6, 1991
13 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Braxton
- When
- May 6, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Braxton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -80.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Kanawha
- When
- May 6, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -81.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Kanawha
- When
- May 6, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -81.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Braxton
- When
- May 6, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Braxton County
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -80.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- May 6, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -80.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- May 6, 11:49 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -79.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- May 6, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -79.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Preston
- When
- May 6, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Preston County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -79.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- May 6, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -79.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Mineral
- When
- May 6, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mineral County
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -78.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardy
- When
- May 6, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardy County
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -78.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampshire
- When
- May 6, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hampshire County
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -78.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 6, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -78.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkeley
- When
- May 6, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Berkeley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -78.050
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 6, 1991
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 6, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 6, 1991
- Hail in Alabama, May 6, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 6, 1991
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 6, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, May 6, 1991
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 6, 1991
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, May 6, 1991
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: 10148699, 10148700, 10148701, 10148702, 10148703, 10148704, 10148705, 10148706, 10148707, 10148708, 10148709, 10148710, 10148711, 10148712, 10148713.