Hail, Greenbrier
- When
- July 19, 2:29 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier County, Rainelle
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -80.780
Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 19, 2007
In advance of an approaching cold front, thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of the 19th. Some of these increased to severe levels producing damaging winds with tree limbs being blown down and hail ranging from penny to quarter size.
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
- $2,000
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
In advance of an approaching cold front, thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of the 19th. Some of these increased to severe levels producing damaging winds with tree limbs being blown down and hail ranging from penny to quarter size.
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 19, 2:17 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:17 PM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 317 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 .SYNOPSIS... COLD FRONT OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD A ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BRINGING COOLER...LESS HUMID WEATHER. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING/... HAVE EXPANDED THE SVR TSTM WATCH FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 543 TIL 10 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS NRN/ERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. PLENTY OF UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH UPPER DIFLUENCE. SEEING ONE AREA OF CONVECTION EXITING THE PIEDMONT FROM LYH NORTHEAST SHORTLY...FOLLOWED BY MORE STORMS MAKING INROADS TOWARD SE WV ATTM. GOOD WESTERLY FLOW MEANS MAIN STORM THREAT WILL BE WINDS. ORIENTATION OF WEST-EAST STORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAINS WITH ISOLATED FLOODING POSSIBLE...BUT NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH NEEDED ATTM...DUE TO SPEED. && .SHORT TERM /10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... EXPECTING NUMEROUS STORMS OVERNIGHT IN THE WEST AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND BEST LIFT ARRIVES AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOLLOWING THE 12Z GFS AS IT IS SLIGHLY FASTER WITH MOVEMENT OF FRONT AND THIS APPEARS REASONABLE GIVEN THE UPPER FLOW. QUESTION REMAINS AS TO EWD EXTENT OF NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/STORMS. FOR NOW THINK THE TIMING OF THE FRONT WILL BE DURING LEAST UNSTABLE TIME OF DAY...SO KEPT POPS IN THE HIGH CHANCE EAST...BUT CAN SEE IT GOING TO LIKELY FRIDAY MORNING AFTER 15Z. CLOUDS/PRECIP SHOULD HOLD MAX TEMPS DOWN...AND WENT JUST BELOW MAV...ESPECIALLY WEST. LIFT EXITS EAST BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... DRIER...LESS HUMID WEATHER FRI NIGHT-SUNDAY...AS UPPER LOW DIVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. DYNAMICS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN TRIGGERING ISOLATED STORMS UNDER THE COOL POOL BOTH SAT...SUN AFTN. MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LACKING DUE TO NORTHERLY FLOW...AND KEEPING POPS MAINLY CONFINED TO BLUE RIDGE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...INFLUENCE OF COOL DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE AREA PRECIPITATION FREE ALONG WITH NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY MONDAY AFTN...THE CENTER OF THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION...AND OUR FLOW WILL TURN ENOUGH TO START THE MODERATING PROCESS...MUCH WARMER TEMPS ANTICIPATED FOR MIDWEEK. AS FOR PRECIP CHANCES NEXT WEEK...IT LOOKS DRY. ANY THREAT OF SHRA/TSRA WILL BE THE ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING STORMS...WITH NO ORGANIZED FRONTS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... BEST INSTABILITY AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 22Z OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THESES STORMS MAY TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PIEDMONT. MVFR TO IFR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY WITH ANY OF THE STORMS DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. STRONG DYNAMICS COME THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. MODELS ARE SHOWING A WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE CROSSING THROUGH THE AREA AS WELL AS IMPRESSIVE UPPER AFFLUENCE IN THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE UPPER JET. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME OUT OF KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. THE TIMING OF THE FRONT IS SLIGHTLY SLOWER ON THE GFS COMPARED WITH THE NAM AND WIND SHIFT IN THE TAFS FOLLOWS THE TIMING OF THE GFS. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE MVFR TO IFR AS THE STORMS AND FRONT GO THROUGH. EXPECT IFR CEILINGS ONCE THE RAIN ENDS AT BLF AND LWB. CEILINGS WILL LIFT AFTER SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL BE FAR ENOUGH EAST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE EAST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. AFTER THE FROPA...DRIER AIR WILL COME IN ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOWER DEW POINTS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PM/WP NEAR TERM...WP SHORT TERM...PM/WP LONG TERM...PM/WP AVIATION...AMS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 2:18 PM EST, 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 318 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ015>017-032-033-043-200300- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY- 318 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. VAZ019-020-023-024-034-035-044>047-058-059-200300- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 318 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 543 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VAZ007-009>014-018-022-WVZ042>045-200300- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ROANOKE- MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 318 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:13 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 213 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 VAZ018-019-WVZ044-191900- CRAIG VA-MONROE WV-ALLEGHANY VA- 213 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAINT BANK...OR OVER MONCOVE LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...PAINT BANK AND SIMMONSVILLE AT 220 PM EDT...POTTS CREEK AND CRAIG SPRINGS AT 225 PM EDT...SINKING CREEK AT 230 PM EDT...AND NEW CASTLE AT 245 PM EDT. EXPECT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. AMS
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:22 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 222 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 VAZ034-045-191830- BEDFORD VA-CAMPBELL VA- 222 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD CITY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...FOREST...TIMBERLAKE AT 230 PM EDT... EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. KM
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:40 PM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 240 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 VAZ045>047-059-191915- CHARLOTTE VA-APPOMATTOX VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-CAMPBELL VA- 240 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORK UNION TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DILLWYN TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...APPOMATTOX AT 245 PM EDT...SHEPPARDS... HIXBURG AT 255 PM EDT...ABILENE...MADISONVILLE AT 315 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. JJ
Local storm report, Jul 19, 2:04 PM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
304 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0249 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N RUSTBURG 37.30N 79.10W
07/19/2007 CAMPBELL VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON SUNNYMEADE ROAD
&&
JJACKSONSpecial weather statement, Jul 19, 2:19 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 319 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 VAZ044-192015- PITTSYLVANIA VA- 319 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF AXTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTOVER HILLS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...WESTOVER HILLS AT 335 PM EDT...DANVILLE CITY...BLAIRS AT 340 PM EDT...DANVILLE AIRPORT AT 350 PM EDT... RINGGOLD AT 355 PM EDT... EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. KM
Local storm report, Jul 19, 2:22 PM EST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
322 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S APPOMATTOX 37.32N 78.83W
07/19/2007 APPOMATTOX VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 727
&&
JJACKSONThe radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenbrier
- When
- July 19, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier County, Smoot
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -80.670
Thunderstorm winds blew tree limbs down that were greater than four inches in diameter. Damage values amounts are estimated.
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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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: 48941, 48943.