Hail, Morgan
- When
- June 12, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County, Berkeley Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -78.233
Dime sized hail fell.
Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 12, 2001
Thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail, and heavy downpours moved across the Eastern Panhandle during the late afternoon of the 12th. In Morgan County, dime sized hail was reported by a spotter in Berkeley Springs.
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
- $500
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail, and heavy downpours moved across the Eastern Panhandle during the late afternoon of the 12th. In Morgan County, dime sized hail was reported by a spotter in Berkeley Springs. In Jefferson County, high winds downed a tree onto Route 230.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 WITH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 90 AND DEW POINTS AROUND 70. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES. SO HAVE ISSUED HEAT ADVISORY FOR CWA FOR WEDNESDAY. THE CWA WILL BE SQUEEZED BETWEEN EVENING CONVECTION TO THE NORTH AND WEST AND THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON TO THE SOUTH. AS ALLISON MOVES NE IT SHOULD SLOW AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE NORTH. IN ADDITION REMNANTS OF MCS/CONV ACTVTY OVR THE GRT LKS AND VCNTY MAY ALSO AFFECT THE CWA. BY LATE WED A WEAKENING H5 IMPULSE PASS TO THE NORTH IN WEAK NW FLOW OF BLDG UPR RDG. SO WILL INCREASE CLOUDS AND KEEP LOW POPS OF PCPN INTO FRIDAY IN MOST LOCATIONS. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS PROGED OVER THE WEEKEND SO WILL KEEP A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MOSTLY DRY IN THE EXTENDED. FCSTID = 17 DCA 68 91 68 86 / 20 30 30 30 BWI 68 91 68 87 / 20 30 30 30 MRB 65 91 67 87 / 20 30 30 30 IAD 68 91 68 87 / 20 30 30 30 CHO 65 90 65 85 / 20 30 30 30 HGR 65 91 67 87 / 20 30 30 30 NHK 68 90 68 87 / 20 30 30 30 .LWX... DC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY FOR ZONE DCZ001. MD...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES MDZ002>007...MDZ009>011...MDZ013>014...MDZ016>018. VA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES VAZ021...VAZ025>031...VAZ036>042...VAZ050>057. WV...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES WVZ048>055.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:30 AM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 ...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE MID ATLANTIC TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE WARMEST DAYS OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE AROUND 90 DEGREES... WHILE HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S IN MOST AREAS. WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70... HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 95 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES WILL BE BELOW 95 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF...ESPECIALLY IN THE INNER CITY AREAS OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY...TRY NOT TO OVER-EXERT YOURSELF AND DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ND
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:30 AM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-121500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION PIL... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 ...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE MID ATLANTIC TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE WARMEST DAYS OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE AROUND 90 DEGREES... WHILE HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S IN MOST AREAS. WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70... HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 95 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES WILL BE BELOW 95 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF...ESPECIALLY IN THE INNER CITY AREAS OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY...TRY NOT TO OVER-EXERT YOURSELF AND DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ND
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- June 12, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Northeast Portion
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.383, -77.767
A tree was downed onto Route 230.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 12, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 23, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Utah, June 12, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, June 12 to 13, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 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: 5254591, 5254592.