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Event Details
| Event | Hail |
| Magnitude | 1.25 in. |
| State | VIRGINIA |
| County/Area | PATRICK |
| WFO | RNK |
| Begin Date | 05/02/2012 17:38:00 EST-5 |
| Begin Range | 2 |
| Begin Azimuth | SW |
| Begin Location | DODSON |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 36.81/-80.14 |
| End Date | 05/02/2012 17:38:00 EST-5 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | |
| Crop Damage | |
| Episode Narrative | An upper level disturbance passed across the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia on the afternoon of May 2nd 2012 and interacting with low level convergence along the Blue Ridge associated with a lee side trough. This combination helped trigger scattered thunderstorms across Southside Virginia. A few of these storms were severe. |
| Event Narrative | Half dollar size hail was observed along Heidelbach School Road. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| ELAMSVILLE | PATRICK CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 16:26 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| DODSON | PATRICK CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 16:35 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| DODSON | PATRICK CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 17:38 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| DODSON | PATRICK CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 17:38 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| THAXTON | BEDFORD CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 18:35 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| THAXTON | BEDFORD CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 18:36 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| BEDFORD CITY | BEDFORD CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 18:40 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| THAXTON | BEDFORD CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| BEDFORD CITY | BEDFORD CO. | VA | 05/02/2012 | 19:05 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
