Hail in Grant County, West Virginia

Hail April 9, 2021 · Grant County, West Virginia

1.75 in

Hail diameter

Death

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Golf ball size hail was reported at Petersburg High School. Slippery, hail-covered roads caused a traffic crash that resulted in a fatality in the 2000 block of WV-55 North Fork Highway.

The wider storm

A few isolated severe thunderstorms produced hail over portions of the eastern West Virginia panhandle during the mid afternoon hours.

Began near Petersburg (38.9987, -79.1221).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 947692. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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