Hail, Roane
- When
- June 20, 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Roane County, 3 mi N of Walton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Post Office
- Coordinates
- 38.673, -81.400
Hail in West Virginia, June 20, 2008
Thunderstorms fired during the peak heating hours as a weak surface trough approached. Instability was greatest near the Ohio River where dew points climbed into the lower 60s.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 RLX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms fired during the peak heating hours as a weak surface trough approached. Instability was greatest near the Ohio River where dew points climbed into the lower 60s. The thunderstorms produced some large hail. There was minimal upper air support, which contributed to the overall lack of organization.
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, 12:38 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:38 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 138 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL LOW AND COLD FRONT DOMINATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PATTERN CHANGE EXPECTED INTO MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPDATED TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS THE AREA AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE. HOWEVER...TWO AREAS OF HIGHEST POPS THIS AFTERNOON. ONE WILL BE VICINITY OF THE OHIO RIVER WHERE 850MB BOUNDARY POOLS MOISTURE AND ENHANCES LIFT...AND THE OTHER ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH WHERE NORTHERN EDGE OF CONVECTION WELL AHEAD OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VORT MAX WILL AFFECT THIS AREA. OTHERWISE...CU FIELD INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEATING...WITH DIURNAL WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION. TEMPS STILL LOOK GOOD...WITH AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAIN THIS MORNING RECOVERING QUICKLY WITH SUNSHINE. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... 500HPA SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL TREK ACROSS KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY SPREADING ITS INFLUENCE INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. AN INCREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE...ALTHOUGH THE BEST ELEVATED FORCING WILL KEEP THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...MERITING ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY EVENING. THE REST OF THE CWA WILL FIND ITSELF PRONE TO MORE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INDUCED BY DAYTIME HEATING...AND ALSO TRIGGERED BY WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE FORM OF VORTICITY MAXIMA AND SURFACE TROUGHS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK. THE PARENT TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DIP INTO THE SOUTHERN LAKES AT THIS TIME...AND CONTINUE TO SEND IMPULSES IN THE BROADENING CYCLONIC FLOW. FOR NOW...THE MOST DEFINED FEATURE PRESENTS ITSELF IN THE FORM OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE THE BEST FORCING OF UPWARD MOTION WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE. THE RESULT WILL BE VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WITH PLENTY OF CUMULUS ACTION...AND TOWERING CUMULUS WHERE THE BEST SUPPORT OCCURS. COLD POOL ALOFT WILL ALSO AID IN THIS SET UP PROVIDING AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. COULD SEE SOME STRONG STORMS OUT OF THIS SET UP...BUT WILL NOT GENERATE ANY EXCITEMENT AT THIS TIME. KEPT THE TEMPERATURES ON THE COOL SIDE...AS GUIDANCE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE GOING A LITTLE BIT ON THE WARM SIDE GIVEN THE EXPECTED AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION. THESE NUMBERS GENERALLY RUN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OFF THE AVERAGE MAX T VALUE PACE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... TROUGH PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL LIFT INTO MORE OF A ZONAL PATTERN BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO MODERATE TOWARDS SEASONABLE LEVELS BY WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. GENERALLY ACCEPTED HPC SOLUTION FOR THE EXTENDED. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT THE SURFACE ON MONDAY...BUT MODELS SHOW ONE LAST SHORTWAVE DIGGING INTO THE TROUGH INTO TUESDAY. GFS IS PRETTY SHARP WITH THIS...AND EVEN DEVELOPS A CLOSED LOW WHICH DRIFTS OFF THE MIDATLANTIC COAST TUESDAY NIGHT. NOT GOING TO BUY THIS AGGRESSIVE SOLUTION FOR NOW...AND INSTEAD KEEP SOME LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA INTO MONDAY NIGHT...WITH A DIURNAL CHARACTER. RISING HEIGHTS TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH LINGERING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION AT BAY WHILE TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRIES TO SET UP ON THURSDAY...HAVE SOME LOW POPS INSERTED FOR THIS. MEX/ENSEMBLE TEMPERATURES IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH HPC SUGGESTIONS...AND STAYED CLOSE. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... 18Z FRIDAY THRU 18Z SATURDAY... VFR OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS MOST LIKELY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE FROM ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...AND ALSO ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. INCLUDED TEMPO THUNDER IN ALL TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT CRW AND BKW...WHERE ONLY CB IS MENTIONED DUE TO LESS COVERAGE. CONVECTION ENDS BY 01Z EXCEPT FOR THE FAR SOUTH. SOME FOG FORMATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IFR FOG MOST TERMINALS 08Z-12Z. AFTER 13Z SATURDAY...GENERALLY VFR CEILINGS 5000-8000 FEET WITH CHANCE OF CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF AREA. AVIATION OUTLOOK /AFTER 18Z SATURDAY/...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...26/ARJ NEAR TERM...JMV SHORT TERM...26 LONG TERM...CL AVIATION...JMV
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 2:55 AM EST, 11 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 355 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 VAZ003-004-WVZ013-015-016-018-020-024>040-046-047-210800- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-DODDRIDGE-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 355 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-017-019- 210800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-WIRT-RITCHIE- 355 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:55 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 155 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 WVZ014-015-201830- KANAWHA-PUTNAM- 155 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES... AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NITRO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR TEAYS VALLEY AROUND 200 PM...TORNADO AROUND 205 PM...NITRO AROUND 210 PM...BANCROFT AROUND 215 PM...INSTITUTE AROUND 220 PM AND CROSS LANES AROUND 225 PM.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:09 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 209 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 WVZ006-007-014-201845- CABELL-MASON-PUTNAM- 209 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CABELL...NORTHERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN MASON COUNTIES... AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF PROCTORVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR FRAZIERS BOTTOM AROUND 235 PM...BUFFALO AROUND 240 PM AND WINFIELD AROUND 245 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:12 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 WVZ015-027-201945- CLAY-KANAWHA- 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTIES... AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF CLAY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GLEN AROUND 320 PM...PROCIOUS AROUND 335 PM AND WALLBACK AROUND 345 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:33 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Braxton
- When
- June 20, 3:21 PM EST
- Where
- Braxton County, 0.93 mi S of Servia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 38.607, -80.947
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- June 20, 3:23 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun County, 2 mi ESE of Grantsville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.909, -81.066
The hail covered the ground, making it looked like it had snowed.
Hail, Gilmer
- When
- June 20, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer County, Glenville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -80.830
Hail, Gilmer
- When
- June 20, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer County, Glenville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -80.830
Hail, Gilmer
- When
- June 20, 3:51 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer County, Glenville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -80.830
Hail, Tyler
- When
- June 20, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Tyler County, 5 mi WSW of Middlebourne
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.472, -80.987
Hail, Tyler
- When
- June 20, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Tyler County, Shiloh
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -81.020
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 Wind in Iowa, June 20, 2008
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- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2008
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 20, 2008
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 2008
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: 110632, 110622, 110630, 110625, 110628, 110624, 110608, 110605.