Hail, Augusta
- When
- July 2, 7:12 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta County, Mt Solon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -79.080
Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 2, 1998
An isolated severe thunderstorm tracked slowly through northern and central Augusta Co, producing hail the size of pennies and quarters at two locations west of Staunton. The same storm produced a lightning strike at a home in Staunton.
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
- $10,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm tracked slowly through northern and central Augusta Co, producing hail the size of pennies and quarters at two locations west of Staunton. The same storm produced a lightning strike at a home in Staunton. The strike ignited a fire which damaged a portion of the home's roof and attic.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:11 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Staunton (C)
- When
- July 2, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Staunton (C) County, 1 mi W of Staunton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -79.080
Lightning, Staunton (C)
- When
- July 2, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Staunton (C) County, Staunton
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.149, -79.060 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 2 to 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 2 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Idaho, July 2 to 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in Montana, July 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 2, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 2 to 4, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 2, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2 to 3, 1998
- Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 1998
- Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 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: 5662939, 5662940, 5662941.