Hail, Mason
- When
- June 14, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mason County, New Haven
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 38.983, -81.967
Flood and Hail in West Virginia, June 14, 2004
Thunderstorms caused some large trees and branches to fall. Large hail fell in Jackson County.
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
- 6
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 RLX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms caused some large trees and branches to fall. Large hail fell in Jackson County. No significant damage to structures was reported.
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 Jun 14, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION FOR WATCH INFORMATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 .UPDATE FOR DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... 335 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 TODAY THRU THURSDAY... WITH FRONT REMAINING IN AREA AND ZONAL FLOW KEEPING UP THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE PATTERN OF WARM MOIST AIR AND THE THREAT OF FLOOD PROBLEMS WHERE TRAINING OCCURS. HAVE SHOWN A BRIEF BREAK IN POPS TUESDAY NIGHT AS FRONT SAGS SOUTH. THURSDAY NIGHT THRU MONDAY... WHEN WITH THE E/W FRONTAL ZONE FINALLY MOVE S AND WHEN WILL THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES DROP ? FRONTAL ZONE IN OUR VICINITY THURSDAY NIGHT...WILL INCREASE POPS FOR THAT PERIOD. HOPING THE FRONTAL ZONE SLIPS SOUTH ON FRIDAY...WITH SOME DRIER AIR MOVING S DURING THE DAY. NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM ON SATURDAY...SHOULD HAVE LOWER PRECIPITABLE WATER TO WORK WITH. DRYING AGAIN HOPED FOR ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER MAX TEMPERATURES. AAR + KTB && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 935 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD SO NO UPDATE ANTICIPATED. && .HYDROLOGY... 420 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 SOILS ARE WET...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF HSA. ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONITORED FOR SHORT FUSE FLOOD WATCH AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. MOVEMENT LATE TODAY SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 270 DEGREES AT ABOUT 20 KNOTS. IN THE ABSENCE OF TRAINING...THIS IS JUST FAST ENOUGH TO LIMIT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MANY HEADWATER RIVERS CONTINUE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL...SUCH AS HOCKING...MUSKINGUM...WEST FORK...TYGART VALLEY AND LITTLE KANAWHA. TRM/KF && .AVIATION... 640 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION AROUND 08Z AND HAVE INCREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE. OCCASIONAL IFR VIS HAS BEEN NOTICED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ON THE SCOPE THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...VFR TO BORDERLINE MVFR HAS BEEN THE RULE. AS THE MORNING GOES ON TSRA ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND MVFR...ISOLATED IFR...CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE. A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE TSRA ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND SLIDES EASTWARD INTO THE AREA TOWARDS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. KF && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...FLOOD WATCH FROM 400 PM EDT MONDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES WVZ005>008...WVZ013>016...WVZ018...WVZ024>028... WVZ033>038...WVZ046>047. VA...FLOOD WATCH FROM 400 PM EDT MONDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES VAZ003>004. KY...FLOOD WATCH FROM 400 PM EDT MONDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES KYZ101>103...KYZ105. OH...FLOOD WATCH FROM 400 PM EDT MONDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONE OHZ087. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:50 AM EST, 12 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-150900- ATHENS OH-BARBOUR WV-BOONE WV-BOYD KY-BRAXTON WV-BUCHANAN VA-CABELL WV-CALHOUN WV-CARTER KY-CLAY WV-DICKENSON VA-DODDRIDGE WV-FAYETTE WV-GALLIA OH-GILMER WV-GREENUP KY-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-KANAWHA WV-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LEWIS WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-MASON WV-MCDOWELL WV-MEIGS OH-MINGO WV-MORGAN OH-NICHOLAS WV-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WAYNE WV-WEBSTER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-WYOMING WV 550 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN THE FORECAST. WITH A VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE...ANY THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. ANY FLOOD WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED AS WARRANTED BASED MOSTLY ON SHORT TERM TRENDS. THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRIMED...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND SOUTHERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA ARE THE AREAS OF PRIMARY CONCERN AS IT WILL TAKE LESS RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN PLACED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...EVEN STRONG WINDS OF LESS THAN 58 MPH CAN BRING TREES DOWN GIVEN SATURATED SOILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN AND OUT OF THE FORECAST...AS DRIER AIR PUNCHES INTO THE REGION...ONLY TO GIVE WAY TO THE VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR AGAIN. IF ANYTHING...THE FREQUENT CHANGE IN AIR MASS ONLY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER. AGAIN...ANY FLOOD WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED AS WARRANTED BASED MOSTLY ON SHORT TERM TRENDS. ALSO...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CROPPING UP AGAIN AT SOME POINT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE AREA IS NOT IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. TRM/KF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:39 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
539 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0426 PM HAIL CHARLESTON 38.35N 81.63W
06/14/2004 1.00 INCH KANAWHA WV OFFICIAL NWS OBS
ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED AT YEAGER AIRPORT - CRW
0504 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENUP 38.57N 82.83W
06/14/2004 GREENUP KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 1 AND ROUTE 2 NEAR GREENUP
0512 PM HAIL SOUTH POINT 38.42N 82.57W
06/14/2004 1.00 INCH LAWRENCE OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JSHLocal storm report, Jun 14, 4:48 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
548 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0542 PM HAIL 4 SE GALLIA 38.83N 82.52W
06/14/2004 0.88 INCH GALLIA OH CO-OP OBSERVER
REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER 7 W OF PATRIOT.
&&
JSHThe radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- June 14, 5:07 PM EST
- Where
- Mason County, New Haven
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.983, -81.967
Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- June 14, 5:21 PM EST
- Where
- Mason County, Point Pleasant
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -82.117
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- June 14, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Wood County, 5 mi E of Parkersburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.267, -81.450
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Ravenswood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -81.750
Flood, Pocahontas
- When
- June 14, 6:00 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Small streams flooded portions of Route 17 in the Woodrow to Edray region of the county. The road was damaged.
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.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14, 2004
- Flash Flood and Flood in Ohio, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2004
- Flooding in Ohio, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 14, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 14, 2004
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2004
- Flood in Virginia, June 14, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, June 14, 2004
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: 5408902, 5408903, 5408904, 5408905, 5408906, 5408907.