Virginia, 2002

Hail in Virginia, August 1, 2002

August 1, 2002 · NWS RNK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 1st produced hail up to dime size.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 1st produced hail up to dime size.

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 Aug 1, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
245 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

ISOLATED CONVECTION FIRING UP IN WEAK CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS THE
PIEDMNT.  ETA STRENGTHENS A SFC TROF AND RESULTING CONV ZONE AND
PCPN BULLSEYE ALONG THE FTHLS THIS EVE WHILE THE AVN SHOWS LTL OTHER
THAN ISOLATED DIURNAL QPF.  WILL CARRY ONLY A SLGT CHC ACROSS THE
SOUTH FOR THE EVENING HOURS.

NEXT CHC OF BETTER ORGANIZED PCPN IS SAT AS DYING FRONT DROPS DOWN
THE COAST WITH CONV AND SOMEWHAT DEEPER MOISTR.  AVN AND ETA OUTPUT
SOME DECENT QPF OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FA SO HAVE EXPANDED 30
POPS SOUTH BY A LTL SAT AFTN AND EVE.

HUGE UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES THE EXTENDED PD.  ISOLATED CONVECTION
WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME BUT AT THIS TIME DO NOT SEE A
REASON TO MENTION IN ZONES DAYS 4 THRU 7.

FCSTID =
ROA   69  91  68  91 /  10  10  10  30
LYH   67  92  68  91 /  10  10  10  30
DAN   69  94  70  93 /  20  10  10  20
BLF   64  86  63  85 /  10  10  10  30
LWB   59  86  61  85 /  10  10  10  30
BCB   63  88  63  87 /  10  10  10  30
TNB   62  84  63  83 /  30  10  10  20

.RNK...
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Charlotte

When
August 1, 3:25 PM EST
Where
Charlotte County, 1 mi S of Wylliesburg
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.830, -78.583

Hail, Charlotte

When
August 1, 3:25 PM EST
Where
Charlotte County, 1 mi W of Wylliesburg
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.850, -78.600

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

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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: 5313637, 5313638.