Hail, Lunenburg
- When
- January 18, 12:05 PM EST
- Where
- Lunenburg County, 4 mi W of Pleasant Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -78.430
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 18, 1999
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:07 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chesterfield
- When
- January 18, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, Chester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -77.450
One inch hail reported near intersection of Route 288 and I-95.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- January 18, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, Chester
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -77.450
Several trees blown down onto I-95 and one window blown out.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Kent
- When
- January 18, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- New Kent County, Barhamsville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -76.850
Few trees down on Route 273.
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
- Avalanche in Washington, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Waterspout in Maryland, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Massachusetts, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Hail in Alabama, January 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 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: 5683079, 5683080, 5683081, 5683082.