Hail, Buckingham
- When
- May 22, 6:39 PM EST
- Where
- Buckingham County, 4 mi W of Buckingham
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -78.617
Hail in Virginia, May 22, 2000
Thunderstorms early in the evening of the 22nd produced hail up to dime size.
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
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorms early in the evening of the 22nd produced hail up to dime size.
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
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 22, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 22, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 22, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, May 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 22, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 22, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 2000
- Hail in Florida, May 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 2000
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: 5146225.