Hail, Alleghany
- When
- May 24, 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany County, 4 mi NW of Callaghan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -80.130
Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 24, 1998
Thunderstorm winds broke off a large tree limb two miles southwest of Roanoke.
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
- 8
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.
Severe thunderstorms during the evening hours on the 24th produced hail up to quarter size and damaging winds.Thunderstorm winds broke off a large tree limb two miles southwest of Roanoke.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Alleghany
- When
- May 24, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany County, 3 mi SW of Lowmoor
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -79.900
Hail, Tazewell
- When
- May 24, 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Tazewell County, Richlands
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -81.820
Hail, Tazewell
- When
- May 24, 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Tazewell County, 1 mi S of Richlands
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -81.820
Hail, Giles
- When
- May 24, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Giles County, Mountain Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -80.550
Hail, Giles
- When
- May 24, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Giles County, Newport
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -80.500
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 24, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Blacksburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -80.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Roanoke (C)
- When
- May 24, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Roanoke (C) County, 2 mi SW of Roanoke
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -79.980
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Tornado in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 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: 5646070, 5646071, 5646068, 5646073, 5646069, 5646074, 5646072, 5646075.