Hail, Hampshire
- When
- July 14, 1:18 PM EST
- Where
- Hampshire County, 1.32 mi WNW of Lehew
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.210, -78.491
Quarter sized hail was reported at Camp Rim Rock.
Hail in West Virginia, July 14, 2017
A cold front passed through the area. At the same time, an upper-level trough passed through increasing the winds aloft.
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 cold front passed through the area. At the same time, an upper-level trough passed through increasing the winds aloft. There was enough shear to combine with an unstable atmosphere for severe thunderstorms to develop.
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 Jul 14, 12:51 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:51 PM EST, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 12:50 PM EST, 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 150 PM EDT Fri Jul 14 2017 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-151000- 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-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges- Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-Southeast Harford- Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania- King George- 150 PM EDT Fri Jul 14 2017 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 Severe Thunderstorm Watch 414 is in effect until 9 PM this evening for the entire outlook area. A Heat Advisory is in effect until 7 PM for the Washington DC and Baltimore Metropolitan Areas. Scattered incidents of flooding are also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible this afternoon. MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-151000- Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery- Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford- Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke- Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper- Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Highland- Eastern Highland-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun- Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge- Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-Western Grant- Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton- Eastern Pendleton- 150 PM EDT Fri Jul 14 2017 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 Severe Thunderstorm Watch 414 is in effect until 9 PM for most of Maryland, central and northern Virginia, and the eastern West Virginia panhandle. A Heat Advisory is in effect until 7 PM for the Washington DC and Baltimore Metropolitan Areas. Scattered incidents of flooding are also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible this afternoon.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:17 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
217 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0154 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S CLIFTON 39.41N 77.48W
07/14/2017 FREDERICK MD 911 CALL CENTER
WIRES DOWN ON MOUNT PHILLIP ROAD
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EVENT NUMBER LWX1702321
MUCCILLIThe radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 14 to 15, 2017
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 14, 2017
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 14, 2017
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, July 14, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 14, 2017
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 14, 2017
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 14, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 14, 2017
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Maryland, July 14 to 15, 2017
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, July 14, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 14, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 14, 2017
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, July 2017
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: 712282.