Hail, Charles
- When
- July 3, 2:01 PM EST
- Where
- Charles County, Cobb Island
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -76.850
Hail in Maryland, July 3, 1996
Golfball-sized hail was reported by NWS Skywarn spotters.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Golfball-sized hail was reported by NWS Skywarn spotters.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maine, July 3 to 4, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5568039.