Hail, Fairfax
- When
- June 4, 4:45 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County, Springfield to Ft Belvoir
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -77.180
Hail in Virginia, June 4, 1996
A pulse-severe thunderstorm dropped nickel-sized hail at the Springfield Mall. The same storm produced ping-pong sized hail at Fort Belvoir 15 minutes later.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $2,000
- 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.
A pulse-severe thunderstorm dropped nickel-sized hail at the Springfield Mall. The same storm produced ping-pong sized hail at Fort Belvoir 15 minutes later.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 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
- Flooding in Montana, June 4 to 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 1996
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: 5560980.