Hail in West Virginia, April 25, 2011

Name: Hail in West Virginia, April 25, 2011
Start: 2011-04-25T16:55
End: 2011-04-25T16:55
Location: West Virginia

April 25, 2011 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Scattered severe thunderstorms developed well ahead of a cold front in an unstable airmass.

Where it happened

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Cold
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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 PBZ wrote it up.

Scattered severe thunderstorms developed well ahead of a cold front in an unstable airmass.

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 Apr 25, 3:26 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:26 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
426 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MILD AND HUMID CONDITIONS
CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE
REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS TOWARD EASTERN OHIO COUNTIES TOWARD
PANHANDLE AND WESTERN PA ALONG LEADING EDGE OF HIGHER CAPE VALUES.
REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

BULK OF CAW NOW IN WARM SECTOR AS WARM FRONT
IS NOW NEARING PA/NY LINE WITH SHORT AVE APPROACHING FROM LOWER
OHIO VALLEY. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS EVENING MAY NOT
BE ENOUGH FOR LIKELY POPS BUT THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FIRE HAVE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE AS DEEP SHEAR PRESENT. AFTER THUS EVENING AS
SHORTWAVE PASSES SHOULD BE A LULL IN ACTIVITY UNTIL NEXT IMPULSE
MOVES EAST WITH LINE OF SHOWERS OR STORMS FOR MIDDAY. SEVERE
POTENTIAL AGAIN TUESDAY WITH INSTABILITY AND SHEAR PRESENT.
TEMPERATURES A BLEND OF MODEL MOS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
UPPER TROF WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE
OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
AND POTENTIAL SEVERE EACH PERIOD DEPENDING ON TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL
SHORTWAVES AHEAD OF TROF. ON THURSDAY MAIN UPPER TROF AND COLD
FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS REGION WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES WORKING IN
BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. POPS A BROAD BRUSH WITH
TIMING ISSUES.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS WITH REASONABLE GFS/ECMWF/GFSE AGREEMENT
THAT A CLOSED LOW WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
WITH A TROUGH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
TROUGH, THERE IS THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON
FRIDAY WITH MID-LEVEL RIDGING BUILDING IN THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
CLOUD COVERAGE WILL DECREASE WITH A MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY FORECAST
LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL VALUES THROUGH
THIS PERIOD.

THERE IS LESS MODEL CERTAINTY WITH THE TIMING OF A COLD FRONT AS THE
NEXT TROUGH CROSSES THE OHIO VALLEY FOR THE LATE WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THE 12Z GFS IS MUCH FASTER WITH THIS FEATURE, BRINGING
THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA EARLY ON SUNDAY WHILE THE 00Z ECMWF DOES
NOT BRING THE FRONT ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE
FORECAST LEANS CLOSER TO THE SLOWER AND THUS WARMER ECMWF. CHANCE
POPS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH TEMPS AROUND 5 TO 10 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
CONDITIONS WILL SOMEWHAT DETERIORATE TONIGHT, AS ANOTHER WAVE MOVES
THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF RESTRICTIONS
DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS MAY BE THE BEST
TIME TO SEE A LINE OF CONVECTION DEVELOP.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE REGION FOR
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH THE SYSTEMS COLD FRONT CROSSING THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. EXPECT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
RESTRICTIONS...WITH GREATER COVERAGE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY ALONG/IMMEDIATELY IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. RESIDUAL
SHOWERS AND RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE GRADUALLY EXITS TO THE NORTHEAST. HIGH
PRESSURE AND VFR ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA FRIDAY.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 1:51 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
251 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-
031-073>076-WVZ001>004-261900-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-
LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-
INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-
FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-
251 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 202 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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.

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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THREATS ON BOTH DAYS WILL AGAIN COME PRIMARILY
FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MDZ001-WVZ012-021>023-041-261900-
GARRETT-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
251 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THREATS ON BOTH DAYS WILL AGAIN COME PRIMARILY
FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:03 PM EST, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
503 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

PAZ008-009-252200-
FOREST PA-VENANGO PA-
503 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...VENANGO AND FOREST...

AT 500 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES EAST OF SENECA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS
GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  VAN...                SENECA...             OIL CITY...
  OIL CREEK STATE PARK...                     TIONESTA...
  WEST HICKORY...       KELLETTVILLE...       BALLTOWN...
  LYNCH...

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 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4151 7913 4143 7934 4144 7940 4141 7941
      4139 7947 4139 7948 4138 7949 4129 7972
      4146 7986 4164 7951 4163 7901

WOODRUM

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:24 PM EST, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
524 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

OHZ041-050-PAZ013-014-020-021-029-WVZ001-252215-
ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-COLUMBIANA OH-HANCOCK WV-JEFFERSON
OH-LAWRENCE PA-WASHINGTON PA-
524 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...COLUMBIANA...JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...ALLEGHENY...BEAVER..
.BUTLER...LAWRENCE AND HANCOCK...

AT 519 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER CREEK STATE PARK TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHESTER
TO NEW MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS TO 40MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TOMLINSON RUN STATE PARK...                 SUN VALLEY...
  NEW MANCHESTER...     NEW CUMBERLAND...     CHESTER...
  TORONTO...            EAST LIVERPOOL...
  BEAVER CREEK STATE PARK...                  BLACKHAWK...
  RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK...                 SHIPPINGPORT...
  HARSHAVILLE...

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 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4096 7998 4082 7987 4062 7992 4042 8064
      4061 8059 4076 8071

Local storm report, Apr 25, 4:27 PM EST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
527 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             SALINEVILLE             40.62N  80.83W
04/25/2011  E0.75 INCH       COLUMBIANA         OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1100661

RES

Local storm report, Apr 25, 4:39 PM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
539 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HENRYS BEND             41.46N  79.60W
04/25/2011                   VENANGO            PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGECNY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES
            DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1100662

RES

Local storm report, Apr 25, 4:41 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
541 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PRESIDENT               41.46N  79.56W
04/25/2011                   VENANGO            PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES
            DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1100663

RES

Local storm report, Apr 25, 4:53 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
553 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0528 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE TIONESTA           41.53N  79.42W
04/25/2011                   FOREST             PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE DOWN ALONG PA RT 36

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1100664

RCC

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hancock

When: April 25, 4:55 PM EST
Where: Hancock County, 1.05 mi E of Weirton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.400, -80.560

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

Every storm in West Virginia in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, April 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: 295666.