Hail, Guernsey
- When
- May 1, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey County, 2.98 mi ENE of Guernsey
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -81.550
Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 1, 2016
Numerous thunderstorms formed south of a quasi-stationary boundary in an unstable air mass with moderate speed shear. 25 max) were received, and little wind damage was noted.
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 PBZ wrote it up.
Numerous thunderstorms formed south of a quasi-stationary boundary in an unstable air mass with moderate speed shear. Several 1 hail reports (1.25 max) were received, and little wind damage was noted.
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 1, 4:21 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 4:21 PM EST, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 521 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWER CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK WITH DRIER CONDITIONS THEN RETURNING UNTIL A MID-WEEK SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THIS WEEK BEFORE HEADING BACK ABOVE NORMAL MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... NUMEROUS SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-80 WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE RAIN MOVES THAT DIRECTION GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE IS FAIRLY STABLE THERE AND ALL THE INFLOW IS BEING CUT OFF BY DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. SHEAR IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE SO A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL DEVELOP. THIS CONCURS WITH LOCAL RESEARCH USING CURRENT THERMODYNAMIC AND KINEMATIC PROFILES. WITH RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES APLENTY ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE PA TURNPIKE / I-76 SHOWER DEVELOPMENT WILL CARRY INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW... INSTABILITY DOES WANE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER YET ANOTHER WAVE IS SET TO TRACK DOWN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ALLOWING IT TO SURGE A BIT NORTHWARD. STRONG DIFFERENTIAL PVA ALONG WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION DIVERGENCE TRAVERSES THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT...MEANING A GOOD SWATH OF SHOWERS SHOULD CROSS THE AREA. POPS WERE ADJUSTED UPWARD AND SLOWED A BIT PER THE CONSENSUS OF 12Z GUIDANCE WITH THIS FEATURE. DUE TO THE MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE WITH VERY HIGH DEWPOINTS...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL LIKELY BE FAIRLY WARM FOR EARLY MAY. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AROUND SUNRISE...AND SHOULD RACE INTO NEW ENGLAND BY EVENING. WHILE RAIN WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY DURING THE MORNING WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE LOW...A WAVE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE TRAILING COLD FRONT. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. SOME SHOWERS WILL LINGER TUESDAY...BUT THE REGION SHOULD BE DRY BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE NEXT GAP IN RAIN WILL BE SHORT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINS TO DROP OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THE NAM IS AN OUTLIER TO THE WEST...AND HAVE FOLLOWED THE GFS/ECMWF FOR TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE LOW. THIS WILL YIELD INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD...TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS IN ALL LOCATIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVERHEAD. WEATHER WILL REMAIN COOL...CLOUDY...AND WET WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE THE LOW DRIFTS EAST. SATURDAY SHOULD BE DRY BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VCSH FORECAST FOR ALL TERMINALS SAVE FOR ZZV WHERE CONFIDNCE IS HIGHER IN SEEING A THUNDERSTORM GIVEN PROXMITY TO BETTER INSTABILITY. CONFIDENCE IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN SHOWERS AND WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A FINAL WAVE MOVES DOWN THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA. IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT MOST SITES INTO MONDAY MORNING. .OUTLOOK /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ANOTHER ROUND OF RESTRICTIONS IS LIKELY WITH A WEDNESDAY COLD FRONT. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...98 NEAR TERM...98/FRIES
Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:18 AM EST, 12 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 518 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-020930- MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON-ARMSTRONG- INDIANA- 518 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-029-031-073>076- WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-020930- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON- GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES- HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON- EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- 518 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PLAGUE THE REGION TODAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. PRIMARY HAZARDS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. 15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 3:32 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 432 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 OHZ049-050-PAZ029-WVZ001-002-012100- JEFFERSON-HARRISON-WASHINGTON-BROOKE-HANCOCK- 432 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HARRISON...CENTRAL JEFFERSON...WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND BROOKE COUNTIES... AT 432 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CADIZ...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR JEWETT WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEIRTON...STEUBENVILLE...WELLSBURG...TORONTO...WINTERSVILLE...MINGO JUNCTION...FOLLANSBEE...HOOVERSON HEIGHTS...BETHANY...HOPEDALE... SMITHFIELD...FRANKLIN...BEECH BOTTOM...BRILLIANT...RICHMOND...NEW ALEXANDRIA...BLOOMINGDALE...UNIONPORT...BRENTWOOD AND NEWELL. LAT...LON 4024 8095 4042 8096 4045 8049 4020 8049 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 269DEG 22KT 4034 8087 CL
Special weather statement, May 1, 3:36 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
436 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
PAZ073>076-012100-
FAYETTE RIDGES-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-WESTMORELAND-FAYETTE-
436 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND
SOUTHERN WESTMORELAND COUNTIES...
AT 435 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW STANTON...OR
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PLEASANT...SCOTTDALE...YOUNGWOOD...NEW STANTON...LIGONIER...
CALUMET-NORVELT...EVERSON...MADISON...YOUNGSTOWN...HUNKER...LAUREL
MOUNTAIN...DONEGAL...CHAMPION...LAUREL MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...ACME...JONES
MILLS AND LOYALHANNA GORGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 57.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 99.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4018 7914 4016 7914 4016 7916 4013 7917
4011 7919 4012 7920 4012 7921 4010 7923
4009 7926 4004 7929 4007 7970 4025 7971
4030 7913 4018 7913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 266DEG 20KT 4017 7962
CLSpecial weather statement, May 1, 4:21 PM EST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
521 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
OHZ039-048-058-012145-
GUERNSEY-COSHOCTON-TUSCARAWAS-
521 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GUERNSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN COSHOCTON AND SOUTHWESTERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES...
AT 521 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COSHOCTON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COSHOCTON...NEWCOMERSTOWN...WEST LAFAYETTE...CONESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...
GILMORE...KIMBOLTON AND SALT FORK STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 67.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4031 8192 4032 8143 4010 8146 4013 8172
4015 8172 4016 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 276DEG 24KT 4022 8184
CLSpecial weather statement, May 1, 4:48 PM EST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 548 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 WVZ004-012-021-509-012215- MARION-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MONONGALIA- 548 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WETZEL...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES... AT 548 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 8 MILES EAST OF NEW MARTINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANNINGTON...PINE GROVE...HUNDRED...KNOB FORK...METZ...CURTISVILLE... LITTLETON...BURTON...BIG RUN...WADESTOWN...WILEYVILLE...EARNSHAW...PORTERS FALLS AND READER. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3959 8081 3976 8075 3969 8028 3948 8034 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 285DEG 27KT 3968 8071 CL
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Guernsey
- When
- May 1, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey County, 3.61 mi NNE of North Salem
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -81.530
State official reported one tree down.
Hail, Guernsey
- When
- May 1, 5:13 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey County, Antrim
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -81.350
Hail, Guernsey
- When
- May 1, 5:18 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey County, 2.11 mi E of Antrim
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -81.310
Hail, Guernsey
- When
- May 1, 5:21 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey County, 3.82 mi SW of Oakgrove
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.090, -81.280
Hail, Guernsey
- When
- May 1, 5:21 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey County, 2.96 mi SSE of Londonderry
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.110, -81.280
Hail, Belmont
- When
- May 1, 6:11 PM EST
- Where
- Belmont County, Jacobsburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -80.900
Hail, Noble
- When
- May 1, 6:24 PM EST
- Where
- Noble County, 1.48 mi NNW of Sharon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -81.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 639023, 639030, 639024, 639025, 639026, 639027, 639028, 639029.