Thunderstorm Wind, Louisa
- When
- August 4, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Louisa County, Louisa
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -78.000
Large tree down on Route 640.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 4, 1997
4 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:15 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hanover
- When
- August 4, 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Hanover County, Hanover
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -77.370
Hail, Essex
- When
- August 4, 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Tappahannock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -76.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- August 4, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Wellford
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -76.770
Large tree down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- August 4, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County, Gloucester
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -76.530
Pine tree down on power line just east of courthouse.
Thunderstorm Wind, James City
- When
- August 4, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- James City County, Norge
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.370, -76.780
Tree down on house.
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 4, 1997
- Hail in Kentucky, August 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, August 4 to 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 4, 1997
- Hail in Kentucky, August 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 4, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, August 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 4, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 4, 1997
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: 5621591, 5621592, 5621593, 5621695, 5621696, 5621697.