Hail, Patrick
- When
- April 8, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Patrick County, 5 mi SW of Stuart
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -80.350
Hail in Virginia, April 8, 1998
Severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 8th produced hail up to golf ball size.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
Severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 8th produced hail up to golf ball size.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Martinsville (C)
- When
- April 8, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Martinsville (C) County, Martinsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -79.870
Hail, Pittsylvania
- When
- April 8, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Pittsylvania County, Callands
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -79.580
Hail, Campbell
- When
- April 8, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, Brookneal
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -78.970
Hail, Charlotte
- When
- April 8, 6:20 PM EST to 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, Cullen
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -78.650
What these are
- 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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, April 1998
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: 5643018, 5643019, 5643020, 5643021, 5643022.