Hail, Botetourt
- When
- May 28, 4:05 PM EST to 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Botetourt County, Fincastle
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -79.883
Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 28, 2000
Lightning struck a house in Randolph, blowing out windows, electrical receptacles, the meter box, and damaging walls.
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
- 3
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 during the afternoon of the 28th produced hail up to nickel size.Lightning struck a house in Randolph, blowing out windows, electrical receptacles, the meter box, and damaging walls.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Charlotte
- When
- May 28, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, Randolph
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.012, -78.662 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Halifax
- When
- May 28, 7:08 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax County, 6 mi SW of Paces
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.583, -79.183
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 28, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 28 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Funnel Clouds in Texas, May 28, 2000
- Rip Current and High Surf in American Samoa, May 28 to 31, 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: 5146227, 5146229, 5146228.