Lightning, Grayson
- When
- June 24, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Grayson County, 4 mi NE of Whitetop
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.657, -81.225 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 24, 1998
5 miles southeast of Pilot on Laurel Ridge Mill Road.
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
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms on the 24th produced up to dime size hail and damaging winds.Three youths were injured 3.5 miles northeast of Whitetop after being struck by lightning.Thunderstorm winds toppled large trees 1.5 miles southeast of Pilot on Laurel Ridge Mill Road.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Smyth
- When
- June 24, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Smyth County, 4 mi SSW of Thomas Bridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -81.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- June 24, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 2 mi SE of Pilot
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -80.350
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Heat in Illinois, June 24 to 28, 1998
- Tornado in Ohio, June 24, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 24 to 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 24, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 24, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 24, 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: 5651835, 5651834, 5651836.