Hail, Berkeley
- When
- November 2, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Berkeley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -77.930
Quarter sized hail
Hail in West Virginia, November 2, 1999
A cold front swept across the panhandle during the late afternoon of the 2nd. A thunderstorm producing brief heavy downpours and large hail formed along the front and moved across Berkeley County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 cold front swept across the panhandle during the late afternoon of the 2nd. A thunderstorm producing brief heavy downpours and large hail formed along the front and moved across Berkeley County. Quarter sized hail fell in the community of Berkeley and near Route 45 on the Berkeley and Jefferson County borders between 4:30 PM and 4:40 PM.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Berkeley
- When
- November 2, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, 5 mi E of Martinsburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -77.870
Quarter sized hail
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 1999
- Cold in Michigan, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alabama, November 2, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Georgia, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Arkansas, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, November 2, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5722411, 5722412.