Hail, Fairfax
- When
- May 24, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County, Vienna
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -77.270
Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 24, 1999
A line of thunderstorms moved across extreme Northern Virginia just after midday and produced large hail and winds in excess of 55 MPH. Dime sized hail was reported in Vienna at 1:30 PM EDT.
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
- $500
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved across extreme Northern Virginia just after midday and produced large hail and winds in excess of 55 MPH. Dime sized hail was reported in Vienna at 1:30 PM EDT. A one foot diameter tree was blown down by high wind at the intersection of Patricia and Shreve Street, 1/2 mile northwest of central Falls Church.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Falls Church (C)
- When
- May 24, 12:35 PM EST
- Where
- Falls Church (C) County, Falls Church
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -77.180
Tree downed at intersection of Patricia and Shreve Street
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5697567, 5697568.