Hail — Charlottesville (c), Virginia

2020-08-06 · near Rio, Charlottesville (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Quarter size hail was reported near the US-250 Bypass in the City of Charlottesville.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving warm front sparked multiple rounds of isolated severe thunderstorms across the Middle Atlantic on Thursday, August 6th, 2020. The first moved through the greater DC metro area during the early morning hours. The second was a supercell that moved across the southern Shenandoah River Valley and central Virginia Piedmont, causing significant damage and unusually large hail for so late in the season. A final (third) round of thunderstorms affected northern Virginia with isolated wind damage during the mid to late evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 901084. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.