Hail, Mercer
- When
- April 20, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Princeton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.367, -81.100
Hail in West Virginia, April 20, 2006
A dissipating meso-scale convective complex which moved out of Kentucky into West Virginia still had enough severe potential to produce a severe thunderstorm in Mercer Co. Penny size hail was produced by the storm.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A dissipating meso-scale convective complex which moved out of Kentucky into West Virginia still had enough severe potential to produce a severe thunderstorm in Mercer Co. Penny size hail was produced by the storm.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 20, 2006
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More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, April 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5504029.