Hail, Charles City (C)
- When
- August 20, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Charles City (C) County, Charles City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -77.070
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 20, 1999
3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $18,000
- 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.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, James City
- When
- August 20, 12:45 AM EST
- Where
- James City County, Norge
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.370, -76.780
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- August 20, 1:15 AM EST
- Where
- York County, Yorktown
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.520
Spotter reported 12 inch diameter trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Accomack
- When
- August 20, 2:15 AM EST
- Where
- Accomack County, Pungoteague
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -75.820
Large branches down on roads.
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk (C)
- When
- August 20, 8:05 AM EST to 8:10 AM EST
- Where
- Norfolk (C) County, Norfolk
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -76.270
Roof blown off a motel and an apartment building in the East Ocean View section of the city. Some structural damage to apartment building, also. Minor roof damage to another hotel in East Ocean View. In addition, numerous trees down across roadways.
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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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 1999
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: 5717634, 5717631, 5717632, 5717633, 5717635.