Hail, Cabell
- When
- July 2, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell County, 5 mi S of Melissa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -82.330
Nickel size hail fell near the Beech Fork State Park.
Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 2, 1998
2 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $25,000
- 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.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wayne
- When
- July 2, 5:46 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, 3 mi E of Lavalette
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -82.400
Flash Flood, Braxton
- When
- July 2, 5:50 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Braxton County, Sutton
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches fell between 1630 and 1830EST. One home along Granny Creek received water damage as a result of runoff from a saturated hillside. A portion of a roadway was washed out along Old Woman Run.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 2 to 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 2 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Idaho, July 2 to 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in Montana, July 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 2, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 2 to 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2 to 3, 1998
- Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 1998
- Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 2, 1998
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, July 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: 5662460, 5662461, 5662462.