West Virginia, 2026

Hail in West Virginia, February 19, 2026

February 19, 2026 · NWS PBZ · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A warm front approaching from the south initiated convection and resulted in a round of scattered showers and thunderstorms moving northward from northern WV to the I-70 corridor. Model soundings suggested overall weak convection, however, one overperforming cell that had rotation along the warm front resulted in several reports of hail in the relatively low CAPE environment, with the largest…

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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 PBZ wrote it up.

A warm front approaching from the south initiated convection and resulted in a round of scattered showers and thunderstorms moving northward from northern WV to the I-70 corridor. Model soundings suggested overall weak convection, however, one overperforming cell that had rotation along the warm front resulted in several reports of hail in the relatively low CAPE environment, with the largest observed being one inch.

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 Feb 19, 12:04 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 12:04 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Marion

When
February 19, 3:58 PM EST
Where
Marion County, Gaston Jct
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Amateur Radio
Coordinates
39.470, -80.150

Hail, Marion

When
February 19, 3:58 PM EST
Where
Marion County, Watson
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Amateur Radio
Coordinates
39.480, -80.170

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

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1319844, 1319845.