Hail in North Carolina, July 1, 2005

Name: Hail in North Carolina, July 1, 2005
Start: 2005-07-01T19:40
End: 2005-07-01T19:40
Location: North Carolina

July 1, 2005 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 7:30 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:30 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
245 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-020930-
ALLEGHANY NC-ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST-APPOMATTOX-ASHE-BATH-BEDFORD-BLAND-
BOTETOURT-BUCKINGHAM-CAMPBELL-CARROLL-CASWELL-CHARLOTTE-CRAIG-FLOYD-
FRANKLIN-GILES-GRAYSON-GREENBRIER-HALIFAX-HENRY-MERCER-MONROE-
MONTGOMERY-PATRICK-PITTSYLVANIA-PULASKI-ROANOKE-ROCKBRIDGE-
ROCKINGHAM-SMYTH-STOKES-SUMMERS-SURRY-TAZEWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-
YADKIN-
245 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BRING A THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALTHOUGH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...AND INTO SOUTH SIDE VIRGINIA.
IN ADDITION...SMALL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

JJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:39 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
439 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

VAZ007-009-010-012-013-016-017-012145-
BLAND-CARROLL-FLOYD-PULASKI-SMYTH-TAZEWELL-WYTHE-
439 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

A SCATTERED TO BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORMING FROM THE BLUE
RIDGE WEST TO THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...DUGSPUR...MAX MEADOWS AND
BURKES GARDEN. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN BLUEFIELD
AND HILLSVILLE...BE ALERT TO PONDING WATER AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH
LOW VISIBILITIES.

05

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:53 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
553 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NW WYTHEVILLE         37.01N 81.16W
07/01/2005                   WYTHE              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN STONY FORK.

0530 PM     HAIL             COLLINSVILLE            36.72N 79.91W
07/01/2005  0.75 INCH        HENRY              VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:31 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
631 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             BASSETT                 36.77N 79.98W
07/01/2005  0.75 INCH        HENRY              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INCLUDES COLLINSVILLE AND MARTINSVILLE

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 E WOOLWINE           36.78N 80.01W
07/01/2005                   HENRY              VA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN

&&

TW

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:40 PM EST, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
640 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

VAZ032-012315-
PATRICK-
640 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50
MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT PASSES ACROSS
PATRICK COUNTY. LOCATIONS THAT CAN EXPECT THE STRONGEST PART OF THE
STORM INCLUDE STUART AND CRITZ...AS WELL AS OTHER LOCALES ALONG
HIGHWAY 58. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS
SHOULD EXIT THE COUNTY BY 730 PM.

05

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:42 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
642 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

WVZ042-043-045-020000-
GREENBRIER-MERCER-SUMMERS-
642 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST INTO
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS EVENING. DUE TO
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IN THIS AREA THURSDAY EVENING...EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FROM NORTH OF BLUEFIELD UP THROUGH THE
HINTON AREA AND FURTHER NORTH INTO RUPERT.

IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PROVE AREA...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HEAVY RAIN
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

JDS

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:51 PM EST, 49 minutes before

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:37 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Surry

When: July 1, 7:40 PM EST
Where: Surry County, Low Gap
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: POST OFFICE
Coordinates: 36.533, -80.867

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 2005

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5467421.