Hail, Roane
- When
- August 27, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Roane County, Clover
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.717, -81.250
Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, August 27, 2000
2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $33,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- August 27, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, East Lynn
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.167, -82.383
Several trees and large branches fell across roads.
Flash Flood, Calhoun
- When
- August 27, 5:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Millstone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Route 16 was blocked by flooding of small streams. Rain estimates were 2 to 2.5 inches in less than 3 hours.
Flash Flood, McDowell
- When
- August 27, 9:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell County, Gary
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell in less than 3 hours. Small streams flooded roads and private bridges. In response, the Tug Fork rose 5 feet in a few hours at Welch.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
- Heat in Missouri, August 27 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Maryland, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, August 27 to 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 27, 2000
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, August 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: 5171216, 5171217, 5171525, 5171526.