Hail, Wetzel
- When
- May 14, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wetzel County, 0.69 mi S of Burton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.660, -80.430
Hail in West Virginia, May 14, 2010
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed across western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland ahead of a cold front moving east across the Ohio Valley. One long lived supercell produced large hail across northern West Virginia and Garrett county, Maryland.
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
- 11
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 across western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland ahead of a cold front moving east across the Ohio Valley. One long lived supercell produced large hail across northern West Virginia and Garrett county, Maryland.
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 14, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 305 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING BEFORE MOVING SOUTH OF THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... COLD FRONT HAS PASSED KPIT AT 18Z AND WILL PASS SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CWA LATER THIS EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY MAY BE SEVERE AND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED INTO THE EVENING. LEFTOVER SHOWERS ALONG BOUNDARY THIS EVENING THEN SHOWERS WILL END AND CLOUDS WILL BREAK OVERNIGHT AS MUCH DRIER AIR MOVES INTO REGION. DRY AND COOLER SURFACE HIGH WILL DOMINATE FOR SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO MODEL MOS. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL INTO SUNDAY. BY SUNDAY NIGHT STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH A WARM FRONT BACK ACROSS REGION WITH CLOUDS INCREASING BY LATER SUNDAY AND A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS REGION MONDAY EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS DEEP MOISTURE RETURNS ACROSS REGION. MODEL MOS SEEMED REASONABLE AND WAS FOLLOWED. BUILD OVER THE AREA SATURDAY FOR DRY AND SEASONABLE CONDITIONS. THE RIDGE WILL FLATTEN SUNDAY...ALLOWING FOR A WEAK IMPULSE TO PERHAPS CLIP I-70 SOUTHWARD. WITH DEEP MOISTURE LACKING...WILL KEEP SUNDAY DRY...WITH SOME ENHANCED MID LEVEL CLOUDS SUNDAY AFTN. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK SLOWLY FROM THE CENTRAL MS VALLEY TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAINING OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST THURSDAY...BRINGING DRY WEATHER FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION BY THIS EVENING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM MAINLY SOUTH OF A KZZV-KPIT-KIDI LINE THROUGH AROUND 23Z. BRIEF MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN STORMS...OTHERWISE SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS AROUND 4000 FEET WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 00Z. WEST SURFACE WINDS WILL GUST TO 25KT AT TIMES...THEN DIMINISH TO 5-8KT AFTER 01Z. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 233 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ007>009-013>016-020-022-WVZ001>003- 151845- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ARMSTRONG-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- 233 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MDZ001-OHZ059-068-069-PAZ021-023-029>032-WVZ004-012-021>023-041- 151845- GARRETT-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-ALLEGHENY-INDIANA-WASHINGTON- WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- PRESTON-TUCKER- 233 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 14, 2:31 PM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
331 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0306 PM HAIL JEANNETTE 40.33N 79.61W
05/14/2010 E1.00 INCH WESTMORELAND PA PUBLIC
0324 PM HAIL 1 NW LATROBE 40.32N 79.39W
05/14/2010 E1.00 INCH WESTMORELAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0326 PM HAIL 1 NW LATROBE 40.32N 79.39W
05/14/2010 E1.25 INCH WESTMORELAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0326 PM HAIL 6 WNW LATROBE 40.35N 79.49W
05/14/2010 E1.75 INCH WESTMORELAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0329 PM HAIL 6 NW LATROBE 40.37N 79.46W
05/14/2010 E1.75 INCH WESTMORELAND PA PUBLIC
&&
RCCSpecial weather statement, May 14, 2:38 PM EST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 338 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 PAZ021-023-029-030-032-142045- ALLEGHENY PA-FAYETTE PA-INDIANA PA-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 338 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... FAYETTE...WASHINGTON...ALLEGHENY...WESTMORELAND AND INDIANA... AT 334 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH SIDE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONONGAHELA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH SIDE TO 4 MILES NORTH OF BENTLEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... SOUTH SIDE... NORTH SIDE... DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH... BALDWIN... MONONGAHELA... JEFFERSON BORO... CHARLEROI... MONESSEN... ELIZABETH BORO... BELLE VERNON... DONORA... WILKINSBURG... KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. &&
Local storm report, May 14, 2:45 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
345 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG DERRY 40.33N 79.30W
05/14/2010 WESTMORELAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN ON PIZZA BARN RD. IN DERRY
&&
RCCLocal storm report, May 14, 2:54 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
354 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0344 PM HAIL HOMESTEAD 40.41N 79.91W
05/14/2010 E0.75 INCH ALLEGHENY PA PUBLIC
0344 PM HAIL TURTLE CREEK 40.41N 79.82W
05/14/2010 E0.75 INCH ALLEGHENY PA PUBLIC
&&
RCCSpecial weather statement, May 14, 2:55 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 355 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 PAZ031-032-WVZ004-012-142045- FAYETTE PA-GREENE PA-MARSHALL WV-WETZEL WV- 355 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... FAYETTE...GREENE...WETZEL AND MARSHALL... AT 346 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLEN EASTON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... GLEN EASTON... CAMERON... DENVER HEIGHTS... ROCKLICK... RYERSON STATION... ROUND BOTTOM... BUZZ... ROGERSVILLE... WAYNESBURG... MOUNT MORRIS... BOBTOWN... CARMICHAELS... KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. &&
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:13 PM EST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 413 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 WVZ041-142115- TUCKER WV- 413 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...TUCKER... AT 407 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLEASANT RUN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... PLEASANT RUN... SAINT GEORGE... PARSONS... DAVISVILLE... HAMBLETON... HENDRICKS... ELK... THOMAS... BLACKWATER FALLS... CANAAN VALLEY STATE PARK... GATZMER... KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. &&
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
Event by event
11 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Monongalia
- When
- May 14, 4:16 PM EST
- Where
- Monongalia County, 0.87 mi NE of Dellslow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.610, -79.890
Hail, Monongalia
- When
- May 14, 4:17 PM EST
- Where
- Monongalia County, 0.87 mi NE of Little Falls
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.560, -79.990
Hail, Monongalia
- When
- May 14, 4:18 PM EST
- Where
- Monongalia County, Morgantown
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -79.950
Hail, Monongalia
- When
- May 14, 4:20 PM EST
- Where
- Monongalia County, 1.27 mi ENE of Uffingtown
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.590, -79.950
Hail, Preston
- When
- May 14, 4:28 PM EST
- Where
- Preston County, 0.53 mi W of Arthurdale
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -79.830
Hail, Preston
- When
- May 14, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Preston County, Kingwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -79.680
Hail, Preston
- When
- May 14, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Preston County, 0.87 mi SE of Terra Alta
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.440, -79.540
Hail, Preston
- When
- May 14, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Preston County, Terra Alta
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -79.550
Hail, Preston
- When
- May 14, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Preston County, Carmel
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -79.550
Hail, Wetzel
- When
- May 14, 6:18 PM EST
- Where
- Wetzel County, 0.53 mi E of Hundred
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -80.460
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 221813, 221814, 221815, 221816, 221817, 221818, 221819, 221820, 221821, 221822, 221823.