West Virginia, 2001

Hail in West Virginia, June 20, 2001

June 20, 2001 · NWS RLX · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 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.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 Jun 20, 1:30 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:30 PM EST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
230 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001

LINE OF STRONG CONVECTION FIRING OVER WRN CWA IN AREA OF GOOD LOW
LEVEL INSTABILITY AS MSAS SHOWING LIS DOWN TO -8. OTHER WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS FORMING OVER THE SRN MOUNTAINS. WOULD EXPECT
CONVECTION TO HANG AROUND THE CWA INTO THE LATE EVENING...BUT NOT
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO LIMIT POP TIME REFERENCE TO EVENING HOURS AS
SOME ACTIVITY COULD REDEVELOP IN THE WRN/NRN CWA LATE ALONG WEAK
BOUNDARY...SO WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS OVERNIGHT. THE CWA WILL BE
BETWEEN SYSTEMS THURS/THURS NIGHT WITH TSTM ACTIVITY BEING
THERMODYNAMICALLY DRIVEN IN WARM HUMID AIRMASS. CHC POPS SHOULD
SUFFICE MOST AREAS. FOR FRIDAY...GOOD H7-H5 OMEGA AND DEEP MOISTURE
ACROSS THE CWA WITH SFC FRONT CROSSING THE REGION BY LATE DAY. WILL
GO WITH LIKELY POPS. USED A BLEND OF NGM/AVN MOS FOR TEMPS.

IN EXTENDED...WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS INTO SATURDAY WITH UP AIR
TROF STILL SWINGING THRU.  ON SAT MAY JUST MENTION THOSE POPS
IN THE MTNS COUNTIES.

WITH LOTS OF PRECIPITABLE WATER-WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH RAINFALL
PATTERN THRU FRI NGT-FOR ANY FAVORED AREAS.

WEAK CUT OFF MAY FORM OVER US ON MON.  WILL LEAVE A CHC POP MONDAY
FOR THE MTN COUNTIES.  WILL LEAVE DRY FOR NOW TUE-WED..FIGURING CUT
OFF STILL WEAKER OR SHIFTING E.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/

The radar

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ritchie

When
June 20, 1:50 PM EST
Where
Ritchie County, Cairo
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.200, -81.167

Hail, Roane

When
June 20, 2:00 PM EST
Where
Roane County, Spencer
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.800, -81.350

Hail, Roane

When
June 20, 2:07 PM EST
Where
Roane County, Gandeeville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.700, -81.400

Hail, Calhoun

When
June 20, 2:20 PM EST
Where
Calhoun County, 1 mi S of Grantsville
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.900, -81.100

Hail, Gilmer

When
June 20, 2:45 PM EST
Where
Gilmer County, 5 mi W of Glenville
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.933, -80.933

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5251896, 5251894, 5251895, 5251897, 5251898.