Hail, Berkeley
- When
- June 18, 3:43 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, 3.18 mi WNW of Glengary
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.389, -78.208
Hail in West Virginia, June 18, 2014
A weak cold front moved across the Mid Atlantic region while hot and humid conditions led to a unstable environment. Showers and thunderstorms formed in vicinity of the front in the afternoon and some thunderstorms led to damaging winds.
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
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
A weak cold front moved across the Mid Atlantic region while hot and humid conditions led to a unstable environment. Showers and thunderstorms formed in vicinity of the front in the afternoon and some thunderstorms led to damaging winds.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
329 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THROUGH
TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE
NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND WILL STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION NEXT
WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 18Z...BOUNDARY OVER THE DC AREA IS FROM OVERNIGHT/MORNING
ACTIVITY OVER PA. DEWPOINTS ARE AROUND 70F ALONG THIS BOUNDARY
WITH UPR 60S BOTH NORTH (BALTIMORE) AND SOUTH (CHARLOTTESVILLE).
WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY LOW TO MID 90S...THE HIGHEST HEAT
INDICES ARE AROUND 100 DEGREES IN DC...WITH MID TO UPR 90S
ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
ALONG THIS FRONT AS INDICATED FROM THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATE.
LACK OF SHEAR WILL MAKE FOR PULSE ACTIVITY. WILL NEED TO CONTINUE
WATCHING THE MCS OVER IL/MI WHICH HAS A WEAKER RADAR MOSAIC
APPEARANCE...BUT IS STILL PRODUCING COPIOUS LIGHTNING. THERE IS A
SEGMENT OVER SRN WV THAT WILL CONTINUE TRACKING EAST TO OUR SWRN
ZONES AND OTHER ACTIVITY COULD FORM OVER THE TERRAIN.
15Z HRRR IS SIMILAR TO OTHER RECENT RUNS WITH ORGANIZED ACTIVITY
FROM THE MIDWEST DELAYED FOR THE LWX CWA UNTIL LATE TONIGHT/THURSDAY
MORNING. TEMPS A FEW LESS DEGREES THURSDAY WITH 18C 850MB TEMPS
COMPARED TO 20C TODAY. FURTHERMORE...SHOULD PRECIP BE GOING ON
DURING THE DAY...OR CLOUD COVER THICK ENOUGH...MAX TEMPERATURES
COULD BE SEVERAL DEGREES LESS (PERHAPS UPR 80S).
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT/...
COLD FRONT/BOUNDARY STALLS SOUTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH A QUIET PERIOD IN AN OTHERWISE ACTIVE SPELL. BRIEF COOL
DOWN THAT CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND (AS LONG AS THE BOUNDARY STAYS
SOUTH). WILL NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR SHORTWAVES RIDING THE
BOUNDARY...SUCH AS THE 12Z ECMWF SOLUTION WITH A FRIDAY
NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING WAVE CROSSING THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
COMBINED MOIST WARM AIRMASS ALONG WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY
BOUNDARY AND WEAK PVA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER TRACKING EAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL SUPPORT THE ENHANCED
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
VFR INTO THIS EVENING OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED TSRA MAINLY ALONG A
EAST-WEST BOUNDARY ACROSS THE DCA AREA AND FROM THE TERRAIN WEST OF
DC METROS. CU FIELD BASED AROUND 5 KFT. ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX COULD APPROACH THE TERMINALS LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY
MORNING. FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY BEFORE DRIFTING NORTH THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.MARINE...
WLY/NWLY FLOW AROUND 10 KT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FROM DC TO CENTRAL MD. ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM SYSTEM POSSIBLE
REACHES THE BAY LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING. FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SOUTH OF THE WATERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. NO SCA IN THE
OUTLOOK PERIOD.
&&
.CLIMATE...
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS REPORTED AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT
YESTERDAY. THE HIGH WAS 97 DEGREES AND THIS SURPASSES THE OLD
RECORD OF 95 DEGREES SET IN 1991...1957...AND 1945.
MORE RECORD HIGHS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AT BWI AND DCA. THE LIST
BELOW IS THE RECORD HIGHS FOR THE THREE MAJOR AIRPORTS.
KBWI: RECORD HIGH: 97 IN 1957.
KDCA: RECORD HIGH: 97 IN 1944.
KIAD: RECORD HIGH: 94 IN 2007.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ530-
531-538-539.
&&
SYNOPSIS...BAJ
NEAR TERM...BAJ
SHORT TERM...BAJ
LONG TERM...CEM
AVIATION...BAJ
MARINE...BAJ
CLIMATE...BAJHazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:32 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 132 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 191545- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR- CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY- CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER- PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD- TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 132 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON METRO AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-191545- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 132 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES WILL PERSIST OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. JACKSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:33 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
433 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0406 PM HAIL 1 ESE SHORT GAP 39.54N 78.80W
06/18/2014 E0.88 INCH MINERAL WV PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400470
AEBThe radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 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
- Flood and Hail in Texas, June 18 to 19, 2014
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 18, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, June 18 to 19, 2014
- Flooding in Minnesota, June 18 to 23, 2014
- Heat in Delaware, June 18 to 19, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 18 to 22, 2014
- Tornado and Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 18, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 18 to 19, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 18 to 19, 2014
- Flash Flood and Flood in Nebraska, June 18 to 19, 2014
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 2014
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: 529524.