West Virginia, 2006

Hail in West Virginia, June 20, 2006

June 20, 2006 · NWS RLX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 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
3

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 Jun 20, 2:18 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:18 PM EST, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:00 AM EST, 11 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-211000-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-
KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
400 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:19 PM EST, 31 minutes before
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The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:48 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mingo

When
June 20, 2:50 PM EST
Where
Mingo County, 5 mi N of Chattaroy
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
37.767, -82.300

Hail, Logan

When
June 20, 3:10 PM EST
Where
Logan County, Holden
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.833, -82.067

Hail, Logan

When
June 20, 3:40 PM EST
Where
Logan County, Accoville
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.767, -81.833

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

More

Every storm in West Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 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: 5505106, 5505107, 5505108.