Name: Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 2001
Start: 2001-06-05T16:05
End: 2001-06-05T16:30
Location: West Virginia

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 RNK wrote it up.

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 5th produced hail up to 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 1:42 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:42 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
242 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

RIDGE IN THE EAST AND TROF IN THE WEST WILL SHIFT OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS WITH A TROF IN THE EAST BY LATE IN THE WEEK.  THIS WILL PUSH
THE WARM FRONT SOUTH OF THE FA AGAIN THURSDAY. IN THE MEANTIME WE
WILL SIT IN THE WARM SECTOR AND SEE SEVERAL CONVECTION PRODUCING
S/WAVES ROLL THRU.  WILL GO WITH 30-40 POPS THRU THURSDAY AND TRY
NOT TO GET FANCY WITH TIMING.

BEYOND THURSDAY LOOKING RELATIVELY COOLER AND DRIER. WAVE ON SAT
MIGHT GET SOMETHING GOING...BUT WILL LEAVE DRY FOR NOW.

FCSTID = 9
ROA   69  87  67  77 /  30  40  30  40
LYH   65  87  65  77 /  30  40  30  40
DAN   70  90  71  80 /  40  40  30  40
BLF   63  78  60  72 /  40  40  40  40
LWB   62  77  60  72 /  40  40  40  40
BCB   65  80  63  75 /  30  40  40  40
TNB   67  81  64  75 /  40  40  40  40

.RNK...
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:00 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ012>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-052045-
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
100 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.  IF THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE...THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED...SO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
FORECAST UPDATES.

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

NCZ001-002-018-019-051945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
245 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUpE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN WATAUGA COUNTY NEAR
BLOWING ROCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

JW

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
253 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

TEST...TEST...TEST

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ015-016-032-052100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
345 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SITUATED IN
SOUTHWEST WILKES COUNTY...JUST SOUTHWEST OF WILKESBORO AND SOUTHERN
CARROLL COUNTY...SOUTH OF FANCYw GAP. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHEAST.

JW

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:00 PM EST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
500 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

I452 PM     HILLSVILLE                VA   .88 INCH HAIL
06/05/01   CARROLL                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

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The radar

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Summers

When: June 5, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Summers County, Sandstone
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.767, -80.883

Hail, Greenbrier

When: June 5, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Greenbrier County, 8 mi NW of Lewisburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: UNKNOWN
Coordinates: 37.883, -80.550

Hail, Greenbrier

When: June 5, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Greenbrier County, 8 mi NW of Lewisburg
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: UNKNOWN
Coordinates: 37.883, -80.550

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

More

Every storm in West Virginia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5252003, 5252005, 5252004.