Hail in Virginia, September 8, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$5,000

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.

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.

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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.

• Dense Fog in South Dakota, September 8, 19971 death · 2 injured · $20,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 8, 1997$6.3 million · 1 in hail · 13 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 8, 1997$700,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 8, 1997$101,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in Kansas, September 8, 1997$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Utah, September 8, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 8, 1997$20,000 · 1.25 in hail · 8 events
• Lightning Strike in South Dakota, September 8, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 199752 kt wind · 6 events
• Hail in South Dakota, September 8, 19971.25 in hail · 4 events

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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: 5620840, 5620841.