Hail, Marshall
- When
- July 21, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Marshall County, 0.69 mi S of Benwood
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.010, -80.730
A trained spotter reported nickel size hail near Benwood.
Hail in West Virginia, July 21, 2008
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed once again ahead of a slow moving cold front across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.
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
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed once again ahead of a slow moving cold front across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Monongalia
- When
- July 21, 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Monongalia County, 0.53 mi E of Westover
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -79.960
Penny size hail was reported in Morgantown.
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 South Carolina, July 21, 2008
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- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 21 to 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 21 to 22, 2008
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 126174, 126175.