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Virginia storm reports for May 16, 2025

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports and 96 wind reports in Virginia on May 16, 2025.

in Virginia
103
Storm reports
About 7 miles from Washington, DC
1.25 in
Largest hail
About 37 miles from Hagerstown, MD
75 mph
Highest gust
0
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 16, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail7, most at 2 PM

Wind96, most at 4 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeSizeWhere
2:20 PM1.0 inAbout 31 miles from Roanoke, VA
2:22 PM0.75 inAbout 27 miles from Roanoke, VA
2:57 PM1.0 inAbout 20 miles from Roanoke, VA
3:18 PM1.0 inAbout 32 miles from Lynchburg, VA
3:31 PM1.0 inAbout 40 miles from Lynchburg, VA
3:50 PM1.0 inAbout 41 miles from Roanoke, VA
4:30 PM1.25 inAbout 7 miles from Washington, DC

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.