Hail, Hopewell (C)
- When
- August 16, 3:25 PM EST to 3:27 PM EST
- Where
- Hopewell (C) County, Hopewell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -77.300
Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 16, 2000
4 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:22 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, James City
- When
- August 16, 3:28 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- James City County, Five Forks
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -76.767
Flash Flood, Hopewell (C)
- When
- August 16, 3:30 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hopewell (C) County, Hopewell
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.304, -77.287 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain caused flooding on City Point Road near South 25th Avenue in Hopewell.
Hail, James City
- When
- August 16, 3:35 PM EST to 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- James City County, 3 mi SW of Centerville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.283, -76.833
Hail, Prince George
- When
- August 16, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Prince George County, Prince George
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.217, -77.283
Quarter-sized hail fell on Laurel Springs Road near Prince George Courthouse.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 16, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, August 16, 2000
- Tornado in Connecticut, August 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 16, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 16, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 16, 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: 5169801, 5169802, 5170261, 5170259, 5170260.