Hail, Grant
- When
- April 11, 1:52 PM EST
- Where
- Grant County, Bayard
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -79.250
Hail in West Virginia, April 11, 1999
Moist air in place across the Eastern Panhandle in combination with warm temperatures led to the development of thunderstorms during the early afternoon. These thunderstorms produced heavy downpours, lightning, and gusty winds.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Moist air in place across the Eastern Panhandle in combination with warm temperatures led to the development of thunderstorms during the early afternoon. These thunderstorms produced heavy downpours, lightning, and gusty winds. One of the strongest thunderstorms moved across Grant County and produced one inch diameter hail in Bayard at 2:52 PM EDT.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:50 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Guam, April 11, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Michigan, April 11, 1999
- Funnel Clouds in North Carolina, April 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, April 11 to 12, 1999
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1999
- Flooding in California, April 11, 1999
- Hail in Tennessee, April 11, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, April 11, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5695322.