Hail in Bristol (c) County, Virginia

Hail July 27, 2014 · Bristol (c) County, Virginia

1.75 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Golf ball sized hail was reported in the City of Bristol.

The wider storm

A potent upper-level storm system impacted the region on Sunday, July 27th, bringing severe weather along with locally heavy rainfall. There were several reports of straight-line wind damage and golf ball to baseball sized hail. A storm system of this magnitude is highly unusual for this time of year due to the strength of the front and the record cool temperatures it produced in the middle of the Summer season.

Began near Bristol (36.6200, -82.1800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 526525. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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