Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 10, 1995
Start: 1995-05-10T14:40
End: 1995-05-10T19:00
Location: West Virginia

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $60,000
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.

The radar

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Event by event

8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wayne

When: May 10, 2:40 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Dunlow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 10, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, Hamlin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Monongalia

When: May 10, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Monongalia County, Richard
Property damage: $20,000
Coordinates: 39.630, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off and buckled the walls of a mobile home. Many of the contents were destroyed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Preston

When: May 10, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Preston County, Reedsville
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 39.469, -79.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock

When: May 10, 5:08 PM EST
Where: Hancock County, New Cumberland
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 40.522, -80.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: May 10, 6:10 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Kenova-Ceredo
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabell

When: May 10, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Cabell County, Huntington
Property damage: $15,000
Coordinates: 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Mason

When: May 10, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Mason County, Gallipolis to Ferry
Property damage: $15,000
Coordinates: 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wood

When: May 10, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Wood County, Vienna
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wirt

When: May 10, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Wirt County, Elizabeth
Coordinates: 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mason County, a downburst destroyed one small wooden building and another porch. In Cabell County many trees were uprooted, one smashed into a house.

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

More

Every storm in West Virginia in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, May 1995

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: 10358122, 10358240, 10358119, 10358249, 10358099, 10358123, 10356274, 10358335, 10356249, 10356219.