Hail, Athens
- When
- April 9, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Athens County, Albany
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.233, -82.200
Hail in Ohio, April 9, 2001
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 9, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1030 AM EST MON APR 9 2001 FRONT STILL REMAINS TO OUR NORTH THIS MORNING...EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTWARD THROUGH WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ILN/RNK SOUNDINGS BOTH INDICATE A CAP AROUND 740 MB...BUT IF/WHEN THE CAP IS BROKEN MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAPE VALUES AROUND 3000 J/KG. MSAS INDICATES LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE NEAR AND ALONG THE FRONT TO OUR NORTH. WITH SHORT WAVE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON...MAY BE THE TRIGGER NEEDED...SO PLAN TO CONTINUE MENTION OF CHANCE POPS THERE. FOR NOW TO THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE A SILENT 20 POP. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / NMB
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Vinton
- When
- April 9, 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Vinton County, Creola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.317, -82.467
Hail, Meigs
- When
- April 9, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Meigs County, Carpenter
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.167, -82.233
Hail, Athens
- When
- April 9, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Athens County, 1 mi N of Albany
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -82.200
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, April 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 9, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, April 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Heavy Rain in New York, April 9 to 10, 2001
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 2001
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: 5239374, 5239436, 5239437, 5239438.