Storm reports for April 17, 2000

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On April 17, 2000, 93 hail, 28 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Sussex County, VA.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (93)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $274,000 in property damage, $500,000 in crop damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (129 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dinwiddie County, VA (near Mc Kenney) · Thunderstorm wind · $75,000
  “2.75 inch diameter hail caused fairly widespread damage including damage to cars and trucks. High winds also knocked down 5 to 10 trees and damaged power lines.”
• Northampton County, NC (near Countywide) · Hail 1.75″ · $25,000
  “1.75 inch diameter hail reported at multiple locations around Northampton county: 4 miles northeast of Jackson at 6:25 PM EDT, near Conway at 6:58 PM EDT, and near Margarettsville at 7:04 PM EDT.”
• Dinwiddie County, VA (near Mc Kenney) · Tornado F1 · $15,000
  “F1 Tornado downed numerous trees along a 3/4 mile path in a wooded area NW of Mc Kenney. Report obtained frmo local resident.”
• Sussex County, VA (near Yale) · Hail 2.00″ · $5,000
  “2.00 inch diameter hail reported near Yale in Sussex County.”
• Calhoun County, WV (near Chloe) · Thunderstorm wind · $3,000
  “Large tree branches were broken off by the wind.”
• Washington County, OH (near Marietta) · Thunderstorm wind · $1,000
  “Tress fell and blocked State Route 821 and County Route 375.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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