Hail, Floyd
- When
- June 26, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Copper Hill
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -80.130
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 26, 1997
Thunderstorm winds during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 26th produced damaging winds, hail up to dime size, and damaging lightning. Lightning started a fire in a barn near Nathalie.
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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 26th produced damaging winds, hail up to dime size, and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and broke off tree limbs in the vicinity of Irvin Spring Park in Lynchburg, knocked a six inch diameter tree limb onto power lines in Bedford, and toppled a six inch diameter tree in Roanoke.Lightning started a fire in a barn near Nathalie.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lynchburg (C)
- When
- June 26, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Lynchburg (C) County, Lynchburg
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -79.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Bedford (C)
- When
- June 26, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Bedford (C) County, Bedford
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -79.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Roanoke (C)
- When
- June 26, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roanoke (C) County, Roanoke
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -79.950
Lightning, Halifax
- When
- June 26, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax County, Nathalie
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -78.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1997
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1997
- Hail in Florida, June 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 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: 5606097, 5606094, 5606093, 5606095, 5606096.