Hail — Salem, Virginia

1998-05-16 · near Salem, Salem, Virginia

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms during the evening hours on the 16th produced hail up to baseball size, damaging winds, and damaging lightning.Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on route 60 about 1 miles east of Amherst.Hail up to baseball size stripped leaves off of trees four miles west of Big Island.A light strike started a fire which damaged a home two miles northwest of Christiansburg.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5645962. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.