Hail, Dickenson
- When
- June 10, 12:50 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson County, 2 mi SW of Bartlick
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -82.350
Nickel size hail fell around the John Flannagan Lake.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
2 hail, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $245,000
- 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dickenson
- When
- June 10, 1:16 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson County, West Dante
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -82.320
Flash Flood, Buchanan
- When
- June 10, 4:30 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $220,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dismal and Slate Creeks closed roads. Many hollows were inaccessible. Water surrounded a mobile home trailer park. A mud and rock slide partially buried a parked car.
Flash Flood, Dickenson
- When
- June 10, 6:30 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rains of 2 to 3 inches closed several roads. A section of Route 611, northwest of Haysi, was washed out. Water from Russell Prater Creek was 4 feet deep across Route 82 near the Buchanan County line.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 10 to 27, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 10 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 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: 5659363, 5659364, 5659365, 5659366.