Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 29, 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Evans
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.817, -81.783
Hail in West Virginia, May 29, 2003
1 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
- 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 29, 6:05 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:05 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 705 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2003 ******************************************************************** 705 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2003 QUICK UPDATE TO UP POPS FOR THE EARLY EVENING HOURS UP NORTH AND TO ADD THUNDER BACK IN...LOOKS TO PERSIST FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. .RLX... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. CL ******************************************************************** 305 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2003 TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... SHORT WAVE ROTATING THRU SE KENTUCKY PRODUCING A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS REGION WHICH SHOULD DIE OFF RAPIDLY ONCE THE SUN SETS. FRIDAY DAYTIME STILL LOOKS DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALONG GULF COAST TRIES TO BRIEFLY RIDGE INTO AREA. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... ONLY MINOR TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THE RATHER STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT PUSHES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALL AGREE THAT THIS VIGOROUS SYSTEM HAS GOOD MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT ARE LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST...AND ON SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST. HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEARING SKIES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW A BIT OF A PATTERN SHIFT IN THE EXTENDED RANGE...WITH THE RIDGE IN THE WEST MOVING TOWARD THE WEST COAST AND MORE OF THE TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST BY LATE NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW MORE RIDGING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN US...WHICH WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE WEATHER FOR WED AND THURS. FIRST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL ON MONDAY. MAY SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS LATER IN THE DAY...BUT OVER...MONDAY SHOULD BE A NICE DRY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES FROM SUNDAY HIGHS. AS THE HIGH SLIDES SOUTHEAST ON MONDAY...THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY...WHICH WILL HELP THE WARMUP. TUESDAY WILL REMAIN DRY AS THE LAST IN A SERIES OF SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ORGANIZES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WESTERN GREAT LAKE STATES. THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CHANGE...THE FRONT WILL STRUGGLE TO MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND MAY BECOME STATIONARY. THIS WILL CAUSE MORE CLOUDS WITH SHOWERS AND TSTORMS POSSIBLE. THIS THREAT WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY AS WELL. FOR TEMPERATURES...MEX GUIDANCE WAS PRETTY CLOSE. HAVE TONED DOWN HIGH TEMPS FOR TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...PER ENSEMBLE MOS ALONG WITH OPERATIONAL GFS BEING FASTER THAN HPC ANTICIPATED POSITIONS OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARIES. DB/JMV/ESS ******************************************************************** 950 AM EDT THU MAY 29 2003 WILL UPDATE ZONES THIS MORNING TO TAPER BACK POPS A BIT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WESTERN ZONES AS MAIN AXIS OF SHORT WAVE MOVES ON THROUGH. DB ******************************************************************** 350 AM EDT THU MAY 29 2003 ...TODAY AND TONIGHT... LIKELY SHOWERS REMAIN THIS MORNING. BY 3:30 AM...THERE WERE BASICALLY 3 NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED LINES OF HEAVIER FALLEN PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST BAND...TOTALING ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH UP TO A RADAR ESTIMATED INCH AND A HALF...STRETCHED FROM VINTON COUNTY IN OHIO...THROUGH CLAY AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. HOWEVER...GROUND TRUTH SO FAR HAS NOT YIELDED ANYTHING OVER AN INCH. ANOTHER KICKER FROM PESKY SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE AREA. A ROGUE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM STILL OCCURRING HERE AND THERE THIS MORNING. KEPT THE MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS. DID QUICKEN UP EXITING PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH ONLY SLIGHT POPS WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER TONIGHT. THINGS ARE REALLY EXPECTED TO QUIET DOWN AFTER 06Z TONIGHT. ...FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION BRIEFLY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...WILL HOLD ON TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MAINLY DURING THE MORNING SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE FILTERS INTO THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. MOISTURE MOVES BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY...COMBINES WITH THE FRONTAL LIFT...VORTMAX AIDING THE LIFT...CAUSING SHOWERS. THE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE BALLPARK. .END/ KF/ELW ******************************************************************** 1015 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2003 WILL UPDATE SIMPLY TO FRESHEN UP EVENING WORDING. MORE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED IN OHIO/KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT WEST OF INITIAL BATCH OF SHRA/TSRA. GOT A FEW REPORTS OF TREES DOWN. GOT A WIND GUST OF 39 MPH AT HTS AND 45 MPH FROM A SPOTTER IN OHIO. THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY BLOWING DOWN TREES IN WET GROUND. CL ********************************************************************
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 1:48 AM EST, 18 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-291500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 247 AM EDT THU 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:48 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ008>011-016>020-028>032-038>040-046- 047-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 548 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ORGANIZING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY ACROSS RITCHIE...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...AND BARBOUR COUNTIES. THERE ARE OTHER...WEAKER STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS MOVING SOUTHWARD AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS. A COUPLE MAY APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS. LARGE HAIL...AT OR A BIT GREATER THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. STORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING AND AFTER SUNSET. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. CL
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:57 PM EST, 58 minutes before
WVZ015-016-018-027-028-035>038-046-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 757 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 7:50 PM A LINE OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR REEDY IN ROANE COUNTY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS GASSAWAY IN BRAXTON COUNTY...THEN ACROSS HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK IN WEBSTER COUNTY TO DURBIN IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. THE LINE...WHICH HAS HAD NO REPORTED HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE LAST HOUR...WAS WEAKENING AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 20 MPH. THIS LINE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY 11 PM. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flood in Colorado, May 29 to 31, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 29, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, May 29, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 29, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, May 29, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 29, 2003
- Flooding in Colorado, May 29 to 31, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003
- Hail in North Carolina, May 29, 2003
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, May 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: 5351877.