Hail, Fairfax
- When
- February 14, 5:35 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County, Springfield
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.783, -77.183
Nickel Sized Hail
Hail in Virginia, February 14, 2000
A thunderstorm producing large hail, frequent lightning, heavy downpours, and gusty winds moved across Fairfax County between 5:00 and 6:00 PM EST on the 14th. Nickel sized hail fell in Springfield at 5:35 PM and one quarter to one half inch diameter hail fell in Burke at 5:30 PM.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
A thunderstorm producing large hail, frequent lightning, heavy downpours, and gusty winds moved across Fairfax County between 5:00 and 6:00 PM EST on the 14th. Nickel sized hail fell in Springfield at 5:35 PM and one quarter to one half inch diameter hail fell in Burke at 5:30 PM. One quarter inch diameter hail was also reported at Reagan National Airport.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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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: 5132194.