Hail, Amelia
- When
- August 2, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Amelia County, 4 mi W of Earls
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.233, -77.967
Hail in Virginia, August 2, 2002
4 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.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 9:05 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 9:05 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 1005 AM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 HAZY...LAZY...HOT DAYS OF SUMMER ROLL ON...SLGT CHGS IN AMS PAST 24 HRS INCLD...SLGT COOLING IN H7-5 LYR BUT SLGT WRMG IN LLVLS. POCKET OF H85 +20 DEGS C POISED JUST NW OF RGN THIS MORNING...WL TRY TO PRESS INTO RGN THIS AFTN IN NNWLY FLO. ERYR...ISLTD SHRAS/TSRAS...HV NOW DSPTD...DECENT CVRG OF AC SRN VA INTO NE NC...OTRW SKC. TEMPS WL TAKE A RUN AT THE UPR 90S/NR 100 INLAND...ESP IF DWPTS (CURRENTLY IN LWR/MID 70S) MIX OUT AND LWR INTO 60S. THINK HI WL BE 100-105 DEGS F (JUST BLO HEAT ADVSRY)...ESP TWD CST AND INTO NE NC...WL MONITOR THAT THE NEXT CPL HRS. ENUF INSTABILITY/MSTR IN AMS TO WARRANT ISLTD CHCS...CERTAINLY NO DROUGHT BUSTER. FCSTID = 25 .AKQ... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:30 PM EST, 1 hour before
VAZ065>068-070-079>081-087-088-092-021930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 130 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 130 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LUNENBURG AND NOTTOWAY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. FURTHER STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM CHESTERFIELD...TO MECKLENBURG...TO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. FOSTER
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:40 PM EST, 50 minutes before
MDZ022>024-021845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 140 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 140 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WICOMICO COUNTY ON THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. THESE STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT NORTHERN SOMERSET AND WESTERN WORCESTER COUNTIES BY 200 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE SLOW MOVING STOMRS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. FOSTER
Local storm report, Aug 2, 1:00 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
200 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0151 PM 2E SALISBURY MD 1.00 IN HAIL
08/02/02 WICOMICOThe radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chesterfield
- When
- August 2, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, Chester
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -77.450
Hail, Colonial Heights (C)
- When
- August 2, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Colonial Heights (C) County, Colonial Hgts
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -77.417
Hail, Chesterfield
- When
- August 2, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, Matoaca
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.233, -77.483
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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- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 2, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 2, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 2, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 2, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 2 to 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 2, 2002
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: 5313055, 5313056, 5313057, 5313058.