Hail, Southampton
- When
- September 8, 8:02 AM EST
- Where
- Southampton County, Capron
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -77.200
Hail in Virginia, September 8, 1998
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 2
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.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:04 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Southampton
- When
- September 8, 8:14 AM EST
- Where
- Southampton County, Courtland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -77.070
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
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- Tornado in Arkansas, September 8, 1998
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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Nevada, September 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 8, 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: 5668925, 5668926.