Hail, Charlotte
- When
- May 25, 10:20 PM EST to 10:28 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, Wylliesburg to 4 mi of Wylliesburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -78.650
Hail in Virginia, May 25, 1998
An isolated severe thunderstorm during the late evening hours on the 25th produced hail up to dime size.
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
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm during the late evening hours on the 25th produced hail up to dime size.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 25, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, May 25, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 25, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 25, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, May 25, 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: 5646741.