West Virginia, 2002

Hail in West Virginia, May 26, 2002

May 26, 2002 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 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 May 26, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002

SHORT TERM:  RISK OF SHOWERS/TSTMS INTO THIS EVENING EAST OF CLOUD
SHIELD...BASICALLY IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS.  AFTN TSTMS A
POSSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN MON AFTN AS WK FRONTAL BNDRY STALLS ACROSS
THE REGION.

MON NGT ON:

WK FLO CONTS MON NGT CAUSING THE DILEMMA WHETHER OR NOT FG SHUD BE
INTRODUCED INTO ZFP.  BNDRY LYR WNDS LESS THAN 5KTS ARE PREVALENT
THRU MUCH OF THE NGT WHICH WUD KEEP ATMS MIXED...HWVR TWRDS DAWN
THEY GO CLM.  SFC DWPTS IN THE UPR 50S YLD SUFFICIENT LLVL MSTR FOR
FG FORMATION.  AT THIS JUNCTURE WL LV OUT AND PASS ONTO UPCOMING
SHIFTS.

LTL CHANGE FM PVS PACKAGE AS SUMMER LIKE SETUP BCMS EST.  LTL
TRIGGERS DURING NIGHTTIME HRS SO WL RIDE WITH DAYTIME POPS FOR MTNS
TUES...AREAS E OF OH RVR WED...AND ENTIRE FA THUR.  INSTABILITY RMNS
MOD AS SBCAPES EXCEED 2.0KJ/KG...LI/S APPCH -6...AND TT R NR 50.
AGAIN MSTR IS NOT THAT DEEP WHICH CORRESPONDS TO PWATS ARND 1.2
INCHES.

LATEST AVN SHOWS FRNTL BNDRY TO BE A TAD FASTER THAN 00Z RUN...SO WL
PLACE POPS ENTIRE AREA THUR NGT AND CONT THEM INTO FRI.  H8 TEMPS
RMN ARND 12C ALL WEEK...TIL AFOREMENTIONED FRNT PASSES THEN THEY
DROP BY SOME 6-8C.  HI PRES BLDS IN NXT WEEKEND UNDR COOLER CONDS.

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

.END/

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 3:05 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0405 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

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

0403 PM    EDGARTON                  WV   PEA SIZE HAIL
05/26/02   MINGO                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0348 PM  AND  0403 PM
Local storm report, May 26, 4:29 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0529 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

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

0529 PM    FAYETTEVILLE              WV   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   FAYETTE                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0514 PM  AND  0529 PM

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fayette

When
May 26, 4:29 PM EST
Where
Fayette County, Fayetteville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.050, -81.100

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: 5291323.