Hail in Alexandria (c) County, Virginia

Hail May 16, 2022 · Alexandria (c) County, Virginia

1.25 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported along I-95/I-495 Capital Beltway near VA-611 Telegraph Road in the City of Alexandria.

The wider storm

An intense supercell thunderstorm spawned by a strong cold front and negatively-tilted upper-level trough resulted in a swatch of considerable wind damage and significant hail from parts of northern Virginia, across the southern suburbs of Washington DC, to southern Maryland.

Began near Alexandria (38.7980, -77.0650).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1014396. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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