Hail, Montgomery
- When
- September 1, 4:02 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Christiansburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -80.420
Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 1, 1997
Thunderstorm winds knocked broke off 4 inch diameter tree limbs and uprooted trees in Christiansburg.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours on the 1st produced hail up to nickel size and damaging winds.Thunderstorm winds knocked broke off 4 inch diameter tree limbs and uprooted trees in Christiansburg.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- September 1, 4:02 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 1 mi S of Christiansburg
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -80.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- September 1, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Christiansburg
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -80.420
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Texas, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, September 1 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 1, 1997
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 1 to 11, 1997
- Hail and High Wind in Minnesota, September 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 1, 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: 5614223, 5614224, 5614225.