Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 14, 2026
Has it hailed in Campbell County, Virginia recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 33 hail reports with hail up to 1.5", among 59 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 26 high-wind reports with gusts up to 50 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Campbell County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Tree down on 15th St in Altavista. (RNK)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 936 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wilkerson, or 12 miles west of Middlesboro, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
4 SPC verified storm reports
“Tree blocking on ramp from SB US Hwy 29 to Bedford Avenue in Altavista... VA. Time estimated from radar. (RNK)”
“1 INJ Tree limb fell onto a camper near Mollies Creek Rd in Gladys... VA... injuring the occupant inside. Time is estimated from radar. (RNK)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fonde, or near Middlesboro, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 300 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Stonewall, or near Concord, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 30 mph. Impact: Wind gusts may knock over loose objects. Locations impacted include... Amherst... Appomattox... Bent Creek... Concord... Madison Heights... Appomattox National Historic Park... and Stonewall.”
3 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 229 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bedford, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lynchburg... Bedford... Forest... Rustburg... Boonsboro... Goode... and Timberlake.”
“Power line down on Bear Creek Rd near Galloway Drive in Rustburg... VA. Time is estimated from radar. (RNK)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1247 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Brookneal, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Brookneal... Phenix... Hat Creek... Wren... Aspen... and Cody.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 259 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ajax, or near Penhook, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hurt... Gretna... Mt Airy... Penhook... Hodges... Pittsville... and Chalk Level.”
“At 158 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Leesville, or over Hurt, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 30 mph. Impact: Wind gusts may knock over loose objects. Locations impacted include... Altavista... Hurt... Huddleston... Hodges... Leesville... Gladys... and Long Island.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 450 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Chalk Level, or near Mt Airy, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Altavista... Hurt... Gretna... Brookneal... Mt Airy... Nathalie... and Cody.”
“At 436 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Stonewall, or near Concord, moving east at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Lynchburg... Appomattox... Bent Creek... Concord... Rustburg... Madison Heights... and Appomattox National Historic Park.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 702 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Aspen, or near Brookneal, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Brookneal... Phenix... Red House... Hat Creek... Wren...”
“At 822 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Boonsboro, or near Forest, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lynchburg... Forest... Big Island... Coleman Falls... Boonsboro...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 246 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Leda, or near Nathalie, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... South Boston... Halifax... Brookneal... Clover... Nathalie... Scottsburg... and Cody.”
5 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 1.5"
“Hail... up to 1.5 inches in diameter... was observed near the intersection of Main Street and Riverview Drive in the Town of Altavista... VA. (RNK)”
“Hail... up to 1 inch in diameter... was observed along Wheeler Road. Hail was observed falling for about 5 minutes at this location. (RNK)”
2 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 721 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bocock, or near Rustburg, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Appomattox... Red House... Concord... Rustburg... Pamplin City... Madisonville... and Hixburg.”
“Outflow winds from thunderstorms downed one tree near the intersection of Collins Ferry Road and Epsons Road... and blocked the roadway. (RNK)”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 127 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Spout Spring to near Huddleston. Movement was southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Altavista... Appomattox... Hurt... Gretna... Brookneal...”
“At 1230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Shipman to near Naola to near Chamblissburg. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lynchburg... Buckingham... Bedford... Altavista...”
1 SPC verified storm report
“A large tree was blown down onto a power line along Mt. Athos Road... causing the power line to break. (RNK)”
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Large tree fallen across the roadway near the intersection of Harrison Street and Lynn Street near Brookneal... VA. Time is estimated by radar. (RNK)”
“Tree down on Toddsbury Road in Lynchburg... VA... blocking all lanes of traffic. Time is estimated from radar. (RNK)”
2 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 317 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Altavista, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Altavista... and Evington.”
“Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Leesville Road and Bishop Creek Road. (RNK)”
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 428 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bocock, or near Lynchburg, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lynchburg... Concord... Madison Heights... Stonewall... Bocock...”
“At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ajax, or near Penhook, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Altavista... Hurt... Gretna... Leesville... Pittsville... Chalk Level...”
1 SPC verified storm report
“A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Lola Avenue and Frazier Road... partially blocking the road. (RNK)”
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...In North Carolina, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, and Yadkin Counties. In Virginia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, and Pittsylvania Counties. WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“911 Call Center reported tree down off Juniper Cliff road in the Brookneal area of Campbell County Virginia. (RNK)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 709 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lot to near Jacksboro to 6 miles east of Wartburg. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 403 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking heavy rain showers along a line extending from near Brownsburg to near Smith Mountain Lake State Park. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lynchburg... Lexington... Buena Vista... Bedford... Altavista... Amherst...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1107 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Noetown to near Farragut. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 59 severe weather events in Campbell County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 33 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1.5" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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