Hail, Patrick
- When
- June 15, 1:35 PM EST
- Where
- Patrick County, 10 mi NE of Stuart
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -80.150
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 15, 1998
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and tree limbs in Charlotte Courthouse, brought down tree limbs 5 miles north of Rustburg, and 10 miles northeast of Stuart.
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
- 6
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.
Thunderstorms on the 15th produced hail up to half dollar size and damaging winds.Thunderstorm winds downed trees and tree limbs in Charlotte Courthouse, brought down tree limbs 5 miles north of Rustburg, and 10 miles northeast of Stuart.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Patrick
- When
- June 15, 1:35 PM EST
- Where
- Patrick County, 10 mi NE of Stuart
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -80.150
Hail, Campbell
- When
- June 15, 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, 5 mi N of Rustburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -79.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- June 15, 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, 5 mi N of Rustburg
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -79.100
Hail, Buckingham
- When
- June 15, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Buckingham County, 2 mi S of Centenary
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -78.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Charlotte
- When
- June 15, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, Charlotte Court Hous
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -78.630
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Indiana, June 15, 1998
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 15 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 15, 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: 5651846, 5651847, 5651844, 5651845, 5651843, 5651842.