Hail, Spotsylvania
- When
- April 21, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -77.583
Dime sized hail fell at Spotsylvania Courthouse.
Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
Low pressure passed directly over the Mid-Atlantic region on the 21st, and spawned thunderstorms with strong winds, heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and large hail. A thunderstorm that moved across Central Spotsylvania County produced dime sized hail in the community of Spotsylvania at the courthouse around 2:30 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
- 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.
Low pressure passed directly over the Mid-Atlantic region on the 21st, and spawned thunderstorms with strong winds, heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and large hail. A thunderstorm that moved across Central Spotsylvania County produced dime sized hail in the community of Spotsylvania at the courthouse around 2:30 PM EDT. Several other locations across Northern Virginia reported pea sized hail as the storms passed through.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 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
- Tornado and Storm Surge in Maryland, April 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, April 21 to 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, April 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, April 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, April 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, April 21, 2000
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
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: 5140917.