Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 25, 1:45 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Dugspur
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 36.817, -80.617
Hail in Virginia, May 25, 2004
Severe thunderstorms from a dissipating MCS produced hail up to the size of nickels.
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
- 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.
Severe thunderstorms from a dissipating MCS produced hail up to the size of nickels.
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 24, 10:55 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:55 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1155 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... BASED ON BEHAVIOR OF CONVECTION PUSHING INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FA...NOT REALLY EXPECTING IT TO DIE OUT AS S/WV MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE FA TONIGHT. ATMOS NOT STABILIZING VERY QUICKLY. UPDATING FCST TO KEEP POPS GOING ALL NIGHT. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. && JDS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:49 AM EST, 20 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 549 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-WVZ042>045-250946- ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-BLAND VA-GILES VA-GRAYSON VA-GREENBRIER WV- MERCER WV-MONROE WV-SMYTH VA-SUMMERS WV-TAZEWELL VA-WATAUGA NC- WYTHE VA- 549 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ013-014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058- 059-250946- ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST VA-APPOMATTOX VA-BATH VA-BEDFORD VA- BOTETOURT VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-CAMPBELL VA-CARROLL VA-CASWELL NC- CHARLOTTE VA-CRAIG VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-HALIFAX VA-HENRY VA- MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA- ROCKBRIDGE VA-ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC-SURRY NC-WILKES NC-YADKIN NC- 549 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 1:33 AM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
233 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0226 AM FLASH FLOOD RICHLANDS 37.10N 81.80W
05/25/2004 TAZEWELL VA EMERGENCY MNGR
A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN TAZEWELL
COUNTY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE WESTERN PART OF
COUNTY. MOBILE HOME PARK UNDER WATER WITH EVACUATIONS
GOING ON THERE.
&&
2 MOBILE HOMES MISSING FROM MOBILE HOME PARK. HIGHWAY 460 CLOSED
WEST AND EAST BOUND.
JDSThe radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:42 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Floyd
- When
- May 25, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Willis
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -80.483
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
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, May 25, 2004
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 25, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, May 25, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 25, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, May 25 to 26, 2004
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 25, 2004
- Flood in Wisconsin, May 25 to 31, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 25, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 25, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, May 25, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 25, 2004
- Hail in Missouri, May 25, 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: 5398721, 5398722.