Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 22, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Jackson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -82.630
Hail in Ohio, May 22, 2011
Thunderstorms developed in the afternoon instability. A moist southwest flow existed, well in advance of an approaching cold front.
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
- 1
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 developed in the afternoon instability. A moist southwest flow existed, well in advance of an approaching cold front.
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 May 22, 5:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 5:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 600 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 .SYNOPSIS... WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS BRING A SUMMER LIKE AIRMASS...WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT THEN SETS UP JUST TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. LOOKS LIKE BEST PART OF DEVELOPING COMPLEX OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. INCREASED POPS TO CAT SOUTH...AND HIGH CHANCE NORTH THRU 03Z...THEN DECREASE POPS TO GENERALLY SLIGHT CHANCE WITH EXITING COMPLEX AND LOSS OF HEATING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE STRUGGLING WITH SMALL SCALE FEATURES IN THIS AIRMASS. FEEL THAT MODELS HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON FEATURES CURRENTLY BEARING DOWN ON THE REGION...BUT CONFIDENCE WANES CONSIDERABLY WITH TIME AS DIFFERENCES MULTIPLY. THEREFORE...WILL TRY TO BE SPECIFIC INITIALLY...BUT MORE GENERIC WITH TIME. FOR LOWS TONIGHT...WILL GO ON THE WARMER SIDE OF GUIDANCE IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES WHERE WINDS WILL PERSIST. ON MONDAY...NAM MOS HIGHS LOOK TOO COOL...BUT MAV MOS LOOKS TO WARM. WILL RUN A COMPROMISE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND LAY OUT ACROSS THE OH VALLEY DURING THE SHORT TERM...INCLUDING SE OH. THIS SHOULD CREATE A GREATER COVERAGE OF CONVECTION ACROSS SE OH...INTO NORTHERN WV...AIDED BY OCCASIONAL IMPULSES TRAVELING ALONG THE BOUNDARY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ONE SUCH WAVE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AFFECTING MAINLY SE OH AND NORTHERN WV. SPC CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT A BROAD AREA OF SLIGHT RISK ACROSS MS AND OH VALLEYS TUESDAY...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF OH RVR IN THE CWA. GREATEST THREAT FOR SVR SHOULD LIE ACROSS SE OH MONDAY...EXPANDING INTO WESTERN WV TUESDAY AS FRONT CLOSES IN. BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO RETREAT NORTH INTO GREAT LAKES AREA ON WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO AMPLIFYING TROF ACROSS THE PLAINS. CONTINUE TREND OF BLENDING IN MET GUIDANCE AS MAV LOOKS TOO WARM GIVEN EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EFFECTS. LOW TO MID 80S LOOK GOOD OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION WITH GENERALLY LOW 60S FOR LOWS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... UPR RIDGE BUILDING ALONG EAST COAST LATE THIS WEEK...WILL HELP TO STIFF ARM EFFECTS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO WESTERN OH VALLEY. AS SUCH...MUCH OF THE ACTION SHOULD STAY WEST OF CWA UNTIL PERHAPS LATE FRIDAY GIVEN CONTINUED TREND OF SLOWING THINGS DOWN. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND REGARDING IF UPR LOW REMAINS ATTACHED TO WESTERLIES OR GETS LEFT BEHIND OVER OH VALLEY. MODELS ARE STRUGGLING WITH DETAILS OF PAC ENERGY ALONG WITH STRENGTH OF RIDGE ALONG EAST COAST. TRIED TO STAY CLOSE TO HPC SOLUTION...KEEPING HIGH CHC POPS THRU WEEKEND. SHOULD UPR RIDGE HOLD AND BUILD...THEN HPC SOLUTION MAY BE TOO PESSIMISTIC. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE...GENERALLY LOW TO MID 80S. && .AVIATION /22Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... 22Z SUNDAY THRU 18Z MONDAY... THROUGH 03Z...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL GENERALLY SHIFT EASTWARD THIS EVENING...AFFECTING SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA MOST...BUT STILL SCATTERED STORMS NORTH. BASICALLY...VFR CAN BE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER 03Z...ISOLATED STORMS AT BEST THRU 08Z...THEN INCREASING AGAIN AFTER 08Z AS AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME FOG POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z WHERE RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING AND IF CLOUDS BREAK...OTHERWISE ...VFR OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER 12Z...ANY FOG THAT FORMS LIFTS...BUT SCATTERED REMAIN POSSIBLE. AGAIN...VFR OUTSIDE OF STORMS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM TO LOW. NEW STORM GENERATION BEHIND THE MAIN COMPLEX THIS EVENING MAY BE MORE LIMITED THAN FORECAST. FOG POTENTIAL LATER TONIGHT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHERE RAIN FALLS THIS EVENING AND IF SKIES CLEAR SOMEWHAT. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD VARY. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. UTC 1HRLY 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 EDT 1HRLY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 18Z MONDAY... IFR POSSIBLE IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JMV/RPY/30 NEAR TERM...JMV SHORT TERM...30 LONG TERM...30 AVIATION...JMV
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:56 PM EST, 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 556 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>031-033>038-232200- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD- PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON- MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- 556 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 333 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS EACH DAY WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. WVZ032-039-040-046-047-232200- TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 556 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 22, 3:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
457 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL EAST LYNN 38.19N 82.33W
05/22/2011 U1.00 INCH WAYNE WV PUBLIC
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NNNNLocal storm report, May 22, 4:13 PM EST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
513 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 PM HAIL 2 WSW GENOA 38.11N 82.50W
05/22/2011 M0.50 INCH WAYNE WV TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1100636
JEELocal storm report, May 22, 4:21 PM EST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
521 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL VANSANT 37.23N 82.09W
05/22/2011 E0.88 INCH BUCHANAN VA PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1100637
NWLocal storm report, May 22, 4:38 PM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
538 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM HAIL GRAYSON 38.32N 82.99W
05/22/2011 U0.75 INCH CARTER KY PUBLIC
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
510 PM 05/22/2011 AND 525 PM 05/22/2011
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, May 22, 4:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
540 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL RUSH 38.29N 82.75W
05/22/2011 U1.00 INCH BOYD KY PUBLIC
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, May 22, 4:56 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL LOUISA 38.11N 82.60W
05/22/2011 E0.50 INCH LAWRENCE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER RLX1100638
JEEThe radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 22 to 23, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 22, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 22, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 22, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 22, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 2011
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, May 22, 2011
- Rip Current in Michigan, May 22, 2011
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 22 to 25, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 22, 2011
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2011
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: 301468.