Virginia, 1994

Hail in Virginia, August 19, 1994

August 19, 1994 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50
Crop damage
$500,000
Events
1

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

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pittsylvania

When
August 19, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Pittsylvania County, White Oak Mountain
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$50
Crop damage
$500,000
Coordinates
36.821, -79.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Marble to dime-size hail fell near White Oak Mountain for about 15 minutes damaging 100 acres of tobacco crops and causing crop losses estimated around $175,000.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10356697.