Hail, Washington
- When
- July 3, 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Dart
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.483, -81.267
Hail in Ohio, July 3, 2005
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 Jul 3, 6:15 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:15 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 715 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 .AVIATION (00Z TO 00Z)... ISOLD TRW IS THE MAIN WX RESTRICTION THE NEXT 24HRS AS WE STAY TROPICAL. LIGHT FOG IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR BKW WHERE A PERIOD OF RA THIS AFTN SHOULD INDUCE IFR FG IN THE PREDAWN HRS...ESP IF SE FLO SLACKENS JUST A BIT. ELSEWHERE...PLAYED THINGS SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WITH 1-2SM AND OF COURSE 1/4SM IN EKN. ONCE FG BREAKS BETWEEN 13-14Z LOOK FOR VFR CONDS REMAINDER OF THE FCST. RW/TRW WONT BE AS PREVALENT TMRW WITH LESS INSTABILITY PEGGED. AIRPORTS THAT WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE ARE EKN AND BKW GVN DIFFERENTIAL HEATING IN THE MTNS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 335 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... SHORTWAVE NOW CROSSING SOUTHERN PORTION OF AREA. DAYTIME HEATING PLUS PWAT VALUES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES ARE PRODUCING SLOW MOVING...WET THUNDERSTORMS. MCDOWELL COUNTY IN PARTICULAR GOT HIT NEAR IEAGER...SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED. DEPARTURE OF SHORTWAVE WILL COINCIDE WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...AND SO EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY TO WANE BY 03Z OR SO. LOW-LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW AND MOISTURE MAY KEEP SOME ACTIVITY GOING THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT ALONG THE FAVORED EASTERN UPSLOPE AREAS...KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE GOING HERE. OTHERWISE...SHOULD SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...SAVE PERHAPS THE TYPICAL AC DECK AROUND SUNRISE. MAV NUMBERS WERE A BIT TOO COOL LAST NIGHT. THINK THIS IS THE CASE AGAIN AND RAN WITH THE SLIGHTLY WARMER FWC NUMBERS. LEFT SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON MONDAY OVER MOUNTAINS...AND OVER SE OHIO...WITH HIGHER CAPE. NO BIG CHANGES ON FRONTAL SPEED. INCREASED POPS TO AROUND 50 POP ON TUESDAY. GAINING MORE CONFIDENCE THAT THE SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. BASED FORECAST ON FRONT STILL OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES AT DAWN ON WEDNESDAY. LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... UPPER AIR TROF OVER GREAT LAKES BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE DRIER AIR MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR A FEW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN COUNTIES. ONCE UPPER TROF SHIFTS E...DRIER THUR-SATURDAY. COOLEST/LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THURSDAY. HPC GUIDANCE ACCEPTED IN MOST PART. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 137 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... FURTHER INCREASED/EXPANDED POPS GIVEN ACTIVITY BEGINNING TO LIGHT UP 88D LOOPS. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IF ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY GIVEN WEAK FLOW...BUT PWATS FROM 1.5 TO 1.8 INCHES COULD MEAN SOME HEFTY DOWNPOURS. TWEAKED TEMPS/CLOUDS SLIGHTLY AS WELL. AVIATION... ADDED CB TO TAFS AT CKB/EKN/BKW...WHICH HAVE THE BEST SHOT OF SUSTAINING A HIT FROM A STORM. OTHERWISE...VFR SHOULD RULE AWAY FROM THE RAIN. FOG MAY BE A LITTLE THICKER OVERNIGHT...FOR NOW KEPT IFR OR WORSE AT CRW/HTS/EKN...BUT THIS WILL ALSO DEPEND ON IF IT RAINS AT THESE SITES THIS AFTERNOON. WHATEVER FOG THERE IS BURNS OFF BY 14Z WITH VFR THEREAFTER. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && AVIATION...29
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 2:00 AM EST, 17 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 300 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-041000- 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- 300 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:39 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 539 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 WVZ019-032215- RITCHIE- 539 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF HARRISVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. A SECOND STORM WAS ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISVILLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE PULLMAN... HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO AND ELLENBORO. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BREAK BRANCHES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF LOCALLY AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STREAMS AFFECTED CAN RISE QUICKLY. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 12
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:04 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 604 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 WVZ031-032230- HARRISON- 604 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR HARRISON COUNTY ION NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.... AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SHINNSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LUMBERPORT. THE STORM WILL MOVE NORTH...OUT OPF HARRISON COUNTY...BY 630 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BREAK BRANCHES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF LOCALLY AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STREAMS AFFECTED CAN RISE QUICKLY. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 12
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:18 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 618 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 WVZ010-011-019-032245- PLEASANTS-RITCHIE-TYLER- 618 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR PLEASANTS...RITCHIE AND TYLER COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARRISVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE FEDERAL... POINT LOOKOUT...HEBRON...MAXWELL...PULLMAN AND PENNSBORO. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BREAK BRANCHES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF LOCALLY AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STREAMS AFFECTED CAN RISE QUICKLY. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 12
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:47 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 647 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 WVZ010-019-032315- PLEASANTS-RITCHIE- 647 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR PLEASANTS AND RITCHIE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. MARYS...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE FEDERAL... POINT LOOKOUT...HEBRON...MAXWELL AND ELLENBORO. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BREAK BRANCHES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF LOCALLY AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STREAMS AFFECTED CAN RISE QUICKLY. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 12
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:12 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 712 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 OHZ076-WVZ010-032345- PLEASANTS-WASHINGTON- 712 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ST. MARYS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SCHULTZ...FEDERAL...MAXWELL...CLUSTER...NEWPORT AND BELMONT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE JUST EAST OF PARKERSBURG AND MARIETTA. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BREAK BRANCHES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF LOCALLY AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STREAMS AFFECTED CAN RISE QUICKLY. MINOR URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY FOR A SHORT TIME. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 12
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:39 PM EST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 739 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 OHZ076-040015- WASHINGTON- 739 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NEAR...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE MACKSBURG...LOWER SALEM...LOWELL AND DEVOLA. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BREAK BRANCHES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF LOCALLY AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STREAMS AFFECTED CAN RISE QUICKLY. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MINOR URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IN MARIETTA UNTIL 815 PM. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 12
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:18 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 3 to 4, 2005
- Tornado and Flood in Kansas, July 3 to 4, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 3, 2005
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 3 to 5, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 3, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3 to 4, 2005
- Hail in Iowa, July 3, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 3, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 3, 2005
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5460778.