Hail, Wise
- When
- March 14, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Wise County, 0.69 mi S of Big Stone Gap
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.860, -82.780
One inch diameter hail was reported.
Hail in Virginia, March 14, 2016
An upper trough with associated moderate instability moved across the Southern Appalachian Region generating thunderstorms that dropped mostly small hail in a few spots across Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
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
- 2
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 MRX wrote it up.
An upper trough with associated moderate instability moved across the Southern Appalachian Region generating thunderstorms that dropped mostly small hail in a few spots across Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 14, 2:14 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 2:14 PM EST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 314 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... SHORT WAVE TROUGH SHIFTING EAST ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS PRODUCING SOME CONVECTION. COLD AIR ALOFT IS RESULTING IN SOME SMALL HAIL IN ISOLATED SPOTS. GRIDDED DATABASE HAS A DECREASING POP TREND TONIGHT WITH A NICE DRY DAY FOLLOWING ON TUESDAY. AFTER SOME EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND SOME PATCHY FOG SUNSHINE SHOULD BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. STAYED CLOSE TO SUPERBLEND TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA TO START THE EXTENDED PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS THE MID- MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES. MODELS INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION REMAINS WELL TO THE NORTH WITH THE BEST LIFT. PW VALUES WILL BE A BIT LOWER THAN THE PAST DAYS BUT WILL STILL BE AROUND THE 75TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE FOR MID-MARCH. THEREFORE...HAVE CONTINUED WITH AT LEAST A SLIGHT MENTION FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST. WITH MUCH WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME INSTABILITY AND MENTIONED THUNDER IN THE FORECAST DURING THE EVENING WITH JUST SHOWERS MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH PW VALUES DROPPING DOWN BELOW HALF AN INCH ON WEDNESDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL TO THE SOUTH JUST NORTH OF THE COAST. THEREFORE...REMOVED POPS FOR WEDNESDAY WITH THE DRIER AIR IN PLACE. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE SYSTEM IS NOT IMPRESSIVE AND EXPECT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL WARM INTO THE 60S AND 70S ON WEDNESDAY WITH PLENTY OF INSOLATION. A GOOD BIT OF MODEL DISAGREEMENT MOVING IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH THE POPS. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...THE DISAGREEMENT COMES WITH A LOW AMPLITUDE WAVE THAT WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE CLOSED LOW. THE GFS INDICATES THAT THIS WAVE WILL BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR A FEW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE GFS IS AN OUTLIER WITH THIS SOLUTION EXCEPT FOR A FEW SREF MEMBERS. DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH PW VALUES BELOW HALF AN INCH FOR THE MOST PART WITH THE STALLED BOUNDARY WELL TO THE SOUTH. OVERALL...HAVE SIDED MORE WITH THE DRIER SOLUTIONS AND REDUCED POPS TO JUST SMALL SLIGHT CHANCES MENTIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE MORE ZONAL THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. OVER THE WEEKEND THE STALLED BOUNDARY ALONG THE COAST WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD AS A MORE ROBUST UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASING FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. MODELS INDICATE THAT A WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST OVER THE WEEKEND. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. RAIN WILL ALSO TRANSITION TO SNOW EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH NORTHWEST FLOW SETTING UP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 50 81 54 75 / 10 0 20 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 50 79 56 74 / 30 0 20 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 50 78 56 74 / 20 0 20 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 50 73 54 72 / 60 0 20 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MA
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 9:21 AM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1021 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-151430- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 1021 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 /921 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 1:19 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 219 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 TNZ016-017-042-044-VAZ005-141900- WASHINGTON TN-HAWKINS TN-SULLIVAN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-SCOTT VA- 219 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE... NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN SULLIVAN...EAST CENTRAL HAWKINS AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 218 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JOHNSON CITY...KINGSPORT...GREENEVILLE...BRISTOL...TUSCULUM...WEBER CITY... SPURGEON...OAK GROVE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...GRAY...CHURCH HILL...MOUNT CARMEL...BAILEYTON...BLOUNTVILLE...BLOOMINGDALE...FALL BRANCH...HILTONS... JEAROLDSTOWN...SULLIVAN GARDENS AND TRI-CITY AIRPORT. 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 3670 8249 3651 8225 3613 8282 3626 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 225DEG 33KT 3625 8283 DH
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
220 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
VAZ001-002-141900-
LEE VA-WISE VA-
220 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN WISE
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF JONESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JONESVILLE...BIG STONE GAP...PENNINGTON GAP...APPALACHIA...ST. CHARLES...
DRYDEN AND ROSE HILL.
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 3685 8268 3683 8272 3683 8275 3680 8277
3659 8317 3660 8334 3667 8342 3671 8330
3674 8320 3674 8314 3678 8313 3680 8310
3683 8310 3685 8307 3685 8301 3687 8291
3690 8287 3695 8286 3697 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 225DEG 33KT 3667 8328
DHSpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 1:24 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
224 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
NCZ060-TNZ086-087-101-102-141915-
CHEROKEE NC-SOUTHEAST MONROE TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-WEST POLK TN-
EAST POLK TN-
224 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHEROKEE...POLK AND
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 223 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTH OF BENTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MURPHY...BENTON...DUCKTOWN...CULBERSON...PARKSVILLE...TURTLETOWN...HIAWASSE
DAM...HOT HOUSE...BULLET CREEK...RELIANCE...BIG FROG MOUNTAIN...ARCHVILLE...
COKER CREEK...UNAKA AND VIOLET.
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 3499 8469 3512 8473 3517 8470 3520 8470
3537 8420 3501 8398 3499 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 248DEG 29KT 3502 8462
DHSpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 1:57 PM EST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
257 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
VAZ001-002-141945-
LEE VA-WISE VA-
257 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CITY OF NORTON...NORTHEASTERN LEE
AND WISE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 257 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BIG STONE GAP...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF JONESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTON...WISE...BIG STONE GAP...APPALACHIA...POUND...DRYDEN...JASPER AND
PARDEE.
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 3715 8255 3713 8255 3703 8248 3701 8244
3682 8270 3683 8275 3675 8283 3673 8283
3671 8288 3682 8303 3686 8300 3687 8291
3690 8287 3698 8287 3699 8284 3701 8283
3703 8275 3705 8272 3712 8272 3718 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 222DEG 27KT 3682 8289
DHSpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 2:07 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
307 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
TNZ012-035-141945-
SCOTT TN-MORGAN TN-
307 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 307 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES WEST OF HELENWOOD...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARTBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ONEIDA...HUNTSVILLE...HELENWOOD...SUNBRIGHT...ELGIN...SLICK ROCK...RUGBY...
NORMA AND SMOKEY JUNCTION.
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 3647 8434 3646 8435 3642 8435 3638 8432
3639 8433 3629 8433 3622 8488 3625 8489
3629 8487 3630 8480 3633 8477 3634 8474
3635 8474 3635 8473 3637 8472 3637 8470
3640 8466 3646 8470 3655 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 257DEG 25KT 3633 8482
DHSpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 2:13 PM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
313 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
NCZ060-061-142000-
CHEROKEE NC-CLAY NC-
313 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND CLAY
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 312 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MURPHY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CULBERSON...SHOOTING CREEK...BRASSTOWN AND
TUSQUITEE.
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 3499 8418 3505 8420 3506 8420 3519 8372
3515 8373 3516 8365 3515 8364 3514 8366
3514 8364 3512 8364 3513 8362 3511 8362
3507 8357 3504 8356 3503 8353 3499 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 257DEG 29KT 3499 8409
DHThe radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 14, 3:16 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, 0.89 mi NW of Watauga
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.690, -81.940
Pea to quarter inch sized hail was reported.
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 Ohio, March 14, 2016
- Strong Wind in Alabama, March 14, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 14, 2016
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 14, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 14, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 14, 2016
- Hail in Virginia, March 14, 2016
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 14 to 15, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 14, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, March 14, 2016
- High Wind in Texas, March 14, 2016
- High Wind in California, March 14, 2016
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, March 2016
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: 622748, 622749.