Hail, Mingo
- When
- April 8, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo County, Varney
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -82.100
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 8, 1999
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mingo
- When
- April 8, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo County, Varney
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -82.100
Large tree branches were knocked down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mingo
- When
- April 8, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo County, Gilbert
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -81.870
High winds blew the roof off a baseball field dugout, then caused the cinder block wall to fall. The visiting female coach of the Williamson High School girls softball team was injured. She broke some ribs and had a punctured lung. The girls in the dugout were not hurt.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 8, 1999
- Tornado and Flood in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Hail in California, April 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 8 to 10, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, April 8, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5687837, 5687838, 5687839.