Hail, Pulaski
- When
- May 10, 4:18 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, 6 mi NE of Allisonia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -80.650
Hail in Virginia, May 10, 2004
Isolated, pulse severe thunderstorms formed over parts of the New River valley the afternoon of May 10th. Hail ranging from penny to quarter size fell.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Isolated, pulse severe thunderstorms formed over parts of the New River valley the afternoon of May 10th. Hail ranging from penny to quarter size fell.
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 May 10, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 305 PM EDT MON MAY 10 2004 .DISCUSSION... .TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. KFCX AT 1837Z INDICATED ISOLATED CELLS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. DECIDED TO EXTENDED POPS A TAD FURTHER EAST FOR TONIGHT. DECIDED TO LEAVE PATCHY FOG IN ISC GRIDS OVERNIGHT. ADJUSTED MIN TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES IN THE WEST. FOR TUESDAY...KEPT THE MENTION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. LOWERED HIGHS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA A FEW DEGREES TO BLEND BETTER WITH GSP. .TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... THE BERMUDA HIGH ANCHORED OFF THE EAST COAST UNDER THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL KEEP IT UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID DURING THE PERIOD. IN GENERAL...NUDGED TEMPERATURES UP A FEW DEGREES. KEPT THE MENTION OF MAINLY AFT/EVE TSRA DURING THE PERIOD. PLAYED THE POPS THE HIGHEST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ZONES AND GRIDS WILL BE OUT BY 4 PM. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. && 07
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 5:11 AM EST, 11 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 611 AM EDT MON MAY 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043-WVZ042>045- 101009- ALLEGHANY VA-ALLEGHANY NC-AMHERST VA-ASHE NC-BATH VA-BEDFORD VA- BLAND VA-BOTETOURT VA-CARROLL VA-CRAIG VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA- GILES VA-GRAYSON VA-GREENBRIER WV-HENRY VA-MERCER WV-MONROE WV- MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA- SMYTH VA-STOKES NC-SUMMERS WV-SURRY NC-TAZEWELL VA-WATAUGA NC- WILKES NC-WYTHE VA-YADKIN NC- 611 AM EDT MON MAY 10 2004 .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT...HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/RNK(LOWER CASE) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NCZ005-006-VAZ044>047-058-059-101009- APPOMATTOX VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-CAMPBELL VA-CASWELL NC-CHARLOTTE VA- HALIFAX VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-ROCKINGHAM NC- 611 AM EDT MON MAY 10 2004 .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Radford (C)
- When
- May 10, 4:24 PM EST
- Where
- Radford (C) County, Radford
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.133, -80.417
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 10, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 7 mi W of Christiansburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.133, -80.550
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 10, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 1 mi N of Ellett
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -80.367
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 10, 2004
- High Wind in Idaho, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 10, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Utah, May 10, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 10 to 12, 2004
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Kansas, May 10 to 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 2004
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: 5398421, 5398422, 5398423, 5398424.