Hail, Pulaski
- When
- August 13, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, 6 mi SE of Dublin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -80.620
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 13, 1999
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree damaging a shed and blocking Raphine Road in Raphine.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Thunderstorms during the evening of the 13th produced damaging winds and hail up to dime size.Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Cedar Bluff, Woodlawn, and Pulaski.Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree damaging a shed and blocking Raphine Road in Raphine.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- August 13, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Pulaski
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -80.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockbridge
- When
- August 13, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rockbridge County, Raphine
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -79.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Tazewell
- When
- August 13, 8:51 PM EST
- Where
- Tazewell County, Cedar Bluff
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -81.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- August 13, 10:13 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Woodlawn
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -80.820
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
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 13 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 13 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 13 to 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 13, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, August 1999
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: 5713746, 5713747, 5713748, 5713744, 5713745.