Hail, Campbell
- When
- May 13, 7:20 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, 1 mi S of Brookneal
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -78.970
Hail in Virginia, May 13, 1997
An isolated severe thunderstorm during the evening hours on the 13th produced hail up to dime size.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm during the evening hours on the 13th produced hail up to dime size.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Halifax
- When
- May 13, 7:20 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax County, 8 mi N of Nathalie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -78.950
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, May 13, 1997
- Strong Wind in South Carolina, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, May 13, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Wildfire in Nevada, May 13, 1997
- High Wind in North Carolina, May 13, 1997
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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: 5597475, 5597476.