Hail, Lawrence
- When
- October 12, 4:20 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 1.76 mi WSW of Rock Camp
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -82.580
Hail in Ohio, October 12, 2022
As a cold front entered into the Ohio Valley on the evening of October 12th, showers and a few thunderstorms preceded the boundary across southeast Ohio. A few of these storms reached strengths that supported strong winds and large hail.
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
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
As a cold front entered into the Ohio Valley on the evening of October 12th, showers and a few thunderstorms preceded the boundary across southeast Ohio. A few of these storms reached strengths that supported strong winds and large hail. The local emergency manager of Lawrence County observed quarter sized hail near the Coal Grove township early that evening.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 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 in Tennessee, October 12, 2022
- Rip Current in Texas, October 12, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 12, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, October 12, 2022
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, October 12, 2022
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Georgia, October 12, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 12, 2022
- High Wind in North Dakota, October 12, 2022
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 12 to 13, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, October 12, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 12 to 13, 2022
- Hail in Arkansas, October 12, 2022
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, October 2022
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: 1055644.