Hail, Staunton (C)
- When
- June 1, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Staunton (C) County, Staunton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -79.070
Emergency Management reported penny size hail in the City of Staunton.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 1, 2007
A warm and unstable air mass across the Shenandoah Valley created an environment conducive for isolated thunderstorms to develop. One of these storms became severe, producing large hail in Staunton, VA.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LWX wrote it up.
A warm and unstable air mass across the Shenandoah Valley created an environment conducive for isolated thunderstorms to develop. One of these storms became severe, producing large hail in Staunton, VA.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 1:28 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:28 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 230 PM EDT FRI JUNE 1 2007 .NEAR TERM...UNTIL 12 AM TONIGHT... PERSISTENCE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE FORECAST. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAINS AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING AFTER SUNSET. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAY AND THE PAST FEW DAYS IS THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE STORMS. HAVE ADDED A MENTION OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE METROS...WHICH IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LOCALLY RUN WRF-ARW. SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS...ANY STORMS THAT FORM COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. && .SHORT TERM...12 AM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY... MOUNTAIN/VALLEY FOG EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING GIVEN LIGHT WINDS AND HIGHER DEW POINTS...SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW MORNING. THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE UNDER A WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE...SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMING ACROSS FLORIDA TO THE GEORGIA COAST AND A DEVELOPING LOW AND COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON TOMORROW AND LAST THROUGH THE PERIOD...SIMILAR THREATS AS TODAY. && .LONG TERM /SAT NIGHT THROUGH FRI/... I FEEL A CERTAIN AMT OF SKEPTICISM REGARDING THE CHCS OF SIG RAFL IN MUCH OF THE XTND PD...MUCH AS THE MID ATLC NEEDS IT. THE NAM HAS BEEN THE MORE AGGRESSIVE MDL IN DVLPG A LOW IN THE ERN GULFMEX AND TRACKING THE SYSTEM INTO THE MID ATLC STATES LATE SUN...AND IT IS DELIVERING LKLY POPS SUN AND SUN NGT TO MUCH OF THE RGN. EVEN IF THIS SCENARIO IS WHAT DVLPS SENSE THE HVIER RAFL WOULD BE CONTAINED TO THE ERN PART OF THE CWA. GFS ALSO DVLPG A LOW...BUT ON A MORE ERLY TRACK. BOTTOM LN - AT THIS TIME I WOULD PREFER TO KEEP AREA IN CHC POPS SUN. ONE THING THAT DOES LOOK LKLY WL BE A COOLING PATTERN DURG THE 1ST PART OF THE WK. SHRT WV LOOKS TO MOVE THRU THE RGN MON NGT HELPING TO AMPLIFY A TROF OVR ERN N. AMERICA. I SEE A LOT OF 70S IN BOTH THE NMRCL GUIDNC AND GRIDDS...BUT E OF MTNS ID LK TO AT LEAST HV 80 IN THE TEMP FIELD. LOOKING AT OUR/MDL TEMPS PREFORMANCE OVR THE ENTIRE 14 PD FCST GNRLY ALL SKEW SLGTLY COOL BYND 5TH PD. HGTS ON THE RISE TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WK..TEMPS WARMING BACK TO NEAR 90 BY NEXT FRI E OF MTNS. && MARINE... WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN MARINE ZONES ARE APPROACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 18 KNOTS. EXPECT THIS TO BE TEMPORARY...SO WILL CAP WINDS AT 15 KNOTS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SCA CONDS COULD BE PSBL ON THE LOWER CHES SUN NGT. TIDAL ANOMALIES ON WRN SHORE OF CHES BAY ALSO PSBL SUN NGT/MON. THIS WL HAVE TO CONT TO BE MONITORED. && AVIATION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER WIND GUSTS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH HEAVY RAIN AS STORMS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AND PROGRESS NORTHEAST TO UPDATE TAFS AS NEEDED. LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG EXPECTED IN THE USUAL SUSPECT PLACES. USED THE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PAST COUPLE MORNINGS AS GUIDANCE. HIGH CLOUDS STREAM IN AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTH. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTER 18Z. ISOLD TSTMS/RAFL PSBL SUN-MON AS LOW PRES TRACKS E OF THE AREA. IT WL BE LATER BEFORE EXACT CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE DETERMINED. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PRODUCTS...SAR/WOODY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 9:18 AM EST, 7 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1018 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502- VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ050>055-501>504-021030- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 1018 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS FORECAST ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY MOVE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WEST OF THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE METRO AREAS...WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE UP THE MID ATLANTIC COASTLINE SUNDAY COINCIDENT WITH A FULL MOON. INCREASING WINDS AROUND THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MAY LEAD BUILDING WATER LEVELS THROUGH SUNDAY. WE WILL MONITOR LATER GUIDANCE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY SINCE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE ISOLATED. HOWEVER...ALL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:17 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
217 PM EDT FRI JUN 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM HAIL SUITLAND 38.85N 76.92W
05/27/2007 E0.75 INCH PRINCE GEORGES MD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
DELAYED REPORT
MANNINGSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 340 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 VAZ025-012000- AUGUSTA VA- 340 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT AUGUSTA COUNTY... AT 3:40 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHERN TIP OF AUGUSTA COUNTY...NEARLY STATIONARY. THE STORM WAS JUST EAST OF PALO ALTO. NORTHERN RURAL AUGUSTA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 4 THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:27 PM EST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 527 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 VAZ025-012145- AUGUSTA VA- 527 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT AUGUSTA COUNTY AND NORTHERN STAUNTON... AT 5:25 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAUNTON... MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF VERONA AND NORTHERN STAUNTON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. ALSO THE STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 81 JUST NORTH OF STAUNTON. DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH. MOVE INDOORS. STRONG
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:47 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 547 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 VAZ025-012210- AUGUSTA VA- 547 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT AUGUSTA COUNTY AND STAUNTON... AT 5:45 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER STAUNTON...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE STAUNTON AREA AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 81. DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH. MOVE INDOORS. STRONG
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:54 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Loudoun
- When
- June 1, 9:15 PM EST to 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Loudoun County, Round Hill to Bluemont
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -77.820
The Loudoun County Emergency Manager relayed numerous reports of downed trees in the Bluemont, Roundhill and Bloomfield areas. Most of these reports were from Unison Road and Christmas Tree Lane.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Drought in Tennessee, June 1 to 30, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 1, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 1, 2007
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 1 to 3, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 1 to 2, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 1, 2007
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: 30379, 43995.