Hail, Braxton
- When
- April 10, 7:50 AM EST
- Where
- Braxton County, 3 mi SW of Burnsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.817, -80.683
Hail in West Virginia, April 10, 2001
1 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
- 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 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 10, 3:00 AM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:00 AM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 400 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE NEAR THE FRONT. THIS WILL ALLOW GREATEST CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. AM A BIT CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAINING. WILL NOT PUT UP A WATCH YET...BUT WILL MENTION HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE IN FORECAST. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/RPY
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10 to 11, 2001
- High Wind in Texas, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 2001
- Tornado in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 10, 2001
- Tornado in Illinois, April 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 10, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, 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: 5239441.