Hail — Caroline, Virginia

2023-08-07 · near Upper Zion, Caroline, Virginia

Event narrative

Softball size hail was reported near Fort A.P. Hill. The hail stone was measured approximately 15 minutes after the hail core passed over this location. A picture from another spotter corroborated the increased hail size.

Wider weather episode

Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central Virginia.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (38.1000, -77.2700)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1131364. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.