West Virginia, 2001

Hail in West Virginia, April 9, 2001

April 9, 2001 · NWS RLX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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, 2:19 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:19 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
319 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

DIVERGED CONSIDERABLY FROM MOS GUIDANCE THIS AFTERNOON.  THERE IS NO
INDICATION THAT THE RIDGING WILL BREAK DOWN AND THE UPPER PATTERN
WILL CHANGE UNTIL THE WEEKEND OVER OUR AREA.  WITH THE STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY...THE MOS LOOKS WAY TOO LOW
ON THE TEMPERATURES.  THE AVIATION MOS BEARS THIS OUT AS IT IS 5 TO
10 DEGREES ABOVE MOS TEMPERATURES IN PERIODS 3 AND BEYOND.
SO...HAVE GONE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER ON THE TEMPERATURES UNTIL THE
WEEKEND APPROACHES.

THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA WILL MEAN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THERE PRETTY MUCH FOR A FEW
DAYS.  HAVE TRIED TO FOCUS THE TIMING ON THE THUNDERSTORMS BUT WITH
THE SHOWERS I HAVE NOT TRIED TO GET TOO FANCY AS THERE ARE LITTLE
WAVES NOW AND THEN.

WENT WITH THE MRF FOR COOLING WITH THE RETURN TO ZONAL FLOW THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.  BUT...HAVE WENT DRY AS I SEE NO REAL GOOD
SOURCE OF MOISTURE WITH THE WEST FLOW AND NO REAL GOOD TRIGGERS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHOULD DIE AT 5.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...SVR TuSTM WATCH UNTIL 5 PM PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES.

.END/ AAR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 1:35 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
235 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
K
0200 PM    ALBANY                    OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/09/01   ATHENS                         REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:55 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Taylor

When
April 9, 6:55 PM EST
Where
Taylor County, Grafton
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.350, -80.033

Hail, Harrison

When
April 9, 7:50 PM EST
Where
Harrison County, Clarksburg
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.283, -80.350

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

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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: 5239439, 5239440.