Hail — Calhoun, West Virginia

2024-05-11 · near Mt Zion, Calhoun, West Virginia

Wider weather episode

Severe weather was observed across the state on both of May 9th and 11th as the result of a crossing cold front and subsequent upper level disturbances.

Starting on the afternoon of the 9th, strong to severe thunderstorms first swept through northwest West Virginia, knocking down trees due to their resulting damaging wind gusts. A brief EF1 tornado touched down near the Parkersburg area that evening, causing multiple areas of tree damage within its path, along with an RV that was windswept onto its side.

Additional storms flared up two days later on the 11th, yielding additional tree damage across northern and parts of southeastern West Virginia. A few instances of quarter size hail was also observed within storms that afternoon.

Convection both evenings quickly diminished with the loss of daytime heating after sunset.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1179885. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.