Hail in Virginia, July 1, 2002

Name: Hail in Virginia, July 1, 2002
Start: 2002-07-01T17:10
End: 2002-07-01T17:10
Location: Virginia

July 1, 2002 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms during the late afternoon of the 1st produced hail up to nickel size, resulting in minor damage to an automobile.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 late afternoon of the 1st produced hail up to nickel size, resulting in minor damage to an automobile.

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 Jul 1, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
250 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002

VERY LTL CHG IN MOSTLY FEATURELESS ATMOSPHERE NEXT FEW DAYS.  UPR
RIDGING OVER THE MIDWEST AND NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP WEAK LEE
TROF MEANDERING NEAR THE FA PROVIDING SOME MOISTR CONVERGENCE AND
FOCUS FOR AFTN AND EVE STORMS THRU MUCH OF THE WEEK.  AREA OF WEAK
VORT SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTH NEXT COUPLE DAYS MAY ALSO HELP TRIGGER
CONVECTION. CONT CHC POPS THRU THURSDAY.

LATER IN THE WEEK S/WV ENERGY RIDING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION
WILL CREATE SOME TROFFING OFF THE EAST COAST WHICH ATTEMPS TO BRING
A FRONT THRU.  MODELS CONT TO PUSH TIMING ON FRONT FURTHER INTO THE
FUTURE...WHICH THIS TIME OF YEAR MEANS IT WILL LIKELY NEVER MAKE
IT.  WILL CONT TO KEEP WEEKEND DRY FOR NOW BUT WARM TEMPS UP A BIT.

FCSTID =9
ROA   69  90  69  92 /  30  30  30  30
LYH   67  91  68  92 /  30  30  30  30
DAN   70  92  71  93 /  30  30  30  30
BLF   63  84  64  85 /  40  40  30  30
LWB   62  83  63  84 /  40  40  30  30
BCB   64  85  64  86 /  30  30  30  30
TNB   62  84  62  84 /  40  40  30  30

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

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wythe

When: July 1, 5:10 PM EST
Where: Wythe County, 6 mi NW of Wytheville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $500
Reported by: UNKNOWN
Coordinates: 37.020, -81.167

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, July 2002

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: 5307673.