Hail, Summers
- When
- April 23, 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Summers County, 5 mi SE of Hinton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -80.830
Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 23, 1999
75 inches in diameter and a wind gust to 58 mph.
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
- 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 afternoon of the 23rd produced hail up to 0.75 inches in diameter and a wind gust to 58 mph.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:40 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Monroe
- When
- April 23, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Greenville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -80.680
Hail, Mercer
- When
- April 23, 2:53 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Bluefield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -81.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenbrier
- When
- April 23, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier County, Lewisburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -80.450
Hail, Mercer
- When
- April 23, 6:49 PM EST to 6:59 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Bluefield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -81.220
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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- Flooding in Oklahoma, April 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 23, 1999
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 23 to 24, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 23, 1999
- Hail in Maryland, April 23, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, April 23, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 23, 1999
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, April 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5691256, 5691257, 5691255, 5691258, 5691259.