Hail, Bedford (C)
- When
- July 8, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Bedford (C) County, Bedford City
- Measured
- 0.8 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.333, -79.617
Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2003
Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the northern portion of Alleghany County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 produced damaging winds and hail on the evening of the 8th.Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the northern portion of Alleghany County.
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 8, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 1015 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003 WEAKENING AREA SHRA/TS MOVG ACRS NRN FA SHOULD CAP HEATING SOMEWHAT IN THIS AREA. CHC POPS REMAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY THIS AREA AND LOOK REASONABLE. ALTHO FCST MAX TEMPS WERE A LITTLE COOLER OVER THIS ARE...THEY MAY STILL NEED TO BE TWEAKED DOWN A CAT. WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THEM AFTER 1100 AM AND UPDATE IF NECESSARY. .RNK... NC...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:05 AM EST, 10 hours 5 minutes before
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-091100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 505 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF A BLUEFIELD...ROANOKE...LYNCHBURG LINE. ASIDE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARE ANTICIPATED WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 FOR ROANOKE...LYNCHBURG...DANVILLE...AND MARTINSVILLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDICES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES IN AND AROUND THE LARGER URBAN AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED BURSTS OF STRONG WIND AND RAIN...RESULTING IN WIND DAMAGE OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME WIDESPREAD...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 11
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:09 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Alleghany
- When
- July 8, 8:28 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany County, North Portion
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.867, -80.017
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 8 to 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 2003
- Flood in Indiana, July 8 to 31, 2003
- Wildfire in California, July 8 to 11, 2003
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 8 to 9, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Illinois, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 8, 2003
- Wildfire in California, July 8 to 10, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 8, 2003
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2003
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: 5379447, 5379446.