Hail, Augusta
- When
- May 16, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta County, Verona
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -79.000
Hail in Virginia, May 16, 1998
An isolated but intense thunderstorm moved out of eastern West Virginia and into Highland and Augusta Cos during the evening of the 16th, producing a small area of large hail. Golf ball-sized hail was reported in Verona.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 but intense thunderstorm moved out of eastern West Virginia and into Highland and Augusta Cos during the evening of the 16th, producing a small area of large hail. Golf ball-sized hail was reported in Verona.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 16, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 16 to 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 16 to 19, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 16, 1998
- Hail in West Virginia, May 16, 1998
- Hail in Idaho, May 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Utah, May 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1998
- Tornado in California, May 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 16, 1998
- Hail in Maryland, May 16, 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: 5645747.