Hail in North Carolina, September 30, 2019

Name: Hail in North Carolina, September 30, 2019
Start: 2019-09-30T14:39
End: 2019-09-30T14:45
Location: North Carolina

September 30, 2019 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Showers and storms developed along the edge of a weakening region of high pressure. A couple of the storms produced hail.

Where it happened

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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 RNK wrote it up.

Showers and storms developed along the edge of a weakening region of high pressure. A couple of the storms produced hail.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 1:53 PM EST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 1:53 PM EST, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 3:34 AM EST, 11 hours 5 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
434 AM EDT Mon Sep 30 2019

VAZ007-009>013-WVZ042>044-507-508-010845-
Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-
Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
434 AM EDT Mon Sep 30 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and
southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms producing localized damaging
winds and hail could occur this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ014>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-010845-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-
Yadkin-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-
Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-
Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
434 AM EDT Mon Sep 30 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,
southwest Virginia and west central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

RCS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 2:03 PM EST, 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
303 PM EDT Mon Sep 30 2019

VAZ019-020-023-024-301945-
Bath-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Alleghany-
303 PM EDT Mon Sep 30 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
ALLEGHANY...SOUTHWESTERN BATH...WEST CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE AND NORTH
CENTRAL BOTETOURT COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

At 303 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Ingalls Field,
or near Hot Springs, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Clifton Forge...
Millboro...
Hot Springs...
Warm Springs...
Iron Gate...
Douthat State Park...
and Glen Wilton.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3792 8005 3807 7983 3789 7943 3766 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 310DEG 17KT 3795 7986

PW

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 2:07 PM EST, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 2:11 PM EST, 28 minutes before

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:37 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Alleghany

When: September 30, 2:39 PM EST to 2:45 PM EST
Where: Alleghany County, 0.89 mi NE of Sparta to 0.56 mi E of Sparta
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.510, -81.120

Hail ranged from penny to nickle size.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, September 2019

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 857307.