Hail, Goochland
- When
- February 17, 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Goochland County, 1 mi E of Columbia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -78.150
Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 17, 1998
3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:53 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Goochland
- When
- February 17, 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Goochland County, Hadensville
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -78.000
Hail, Louisa
- When
- February 17, 8:55 PM EST
- Where
- Louisa County, Cuckoo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -77.900
Tornado, Louisa
- When
- February 17, 8:58 PM EST
- Where
- Louisa County, 2 mi WNW of Bumpass
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -77.770
A tornado tracked through a forested area south of Route 652 and west of Route 650. Tornado lifted as it crossed Route 652 just east of the Oakleigh subdivision. Numerous trees were uprooted along the tornado path.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
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: 5639806, 5639807, 5639805, 5639804.